CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2146
STARLINK-2278
STARLINK-2278 (NORAD 48026) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 December 2024 over the Indian Ocean, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48026
International designator
2021-024BB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Dec 2024Recorded time 16:09 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,368 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 41.0°S, 121.0°E at 16:09 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 8 monthsSTARLINK-2278’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Dec 2024
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0242021-0427STARLINK-22622021-0428STARLINK-22772021-0493STARLINK-23112021-0494STARLINK-22592022-0046STARLINK-23162022-0047STARLINK-23182022-0051STARLINK-22972022-0073STARLINK-22892022-0074STARLINK-22612022-0075STARLINK-22812022-0076STARLINK-23022022-0077STARLINK-2287In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-33In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-34In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-43In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-46In orbitStarlink V1.0-L22-47
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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