CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2129
STARLINK-3144
STARLINK-3144 (NORAD 49412) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2024 over the Indian Ocean, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49412
International designator
2021-104E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Nov 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2024Recorded time 04:13 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,133 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
290 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 22.0°S, 95.0°E at 04:13 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthSTARLINK-3144’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 2024
1 entryFrom the same launch
2021-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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