CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2189
STARLINK-1468
STARLINK-1468 (NORAD 45734) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 December 2024, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45734
International designator
2020-038E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,659 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 1.0V1
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsSTARLINK-1468’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Dec 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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