CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2199
STARLINK-3803
STARLINK-3803 (NORAD 52381) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 December 2024 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52381
International designator
2022-045BC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Apr 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Dec 2024Recorded time 12:20 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months975 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 20.0°S, 128.0°W at 12:20 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsSTARLINK-3803’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Dec 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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