CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2214
STARLINK-4603
STARLINK-4603 (NORAD 53625) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53625
International designator
2022-104AP
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Aug 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2024Recorded time 05:15 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months856 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 25.0°N, 162.0°W at 05:15 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-4603’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Dec 2024
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1042022-1860STARLINK-46532022-1866STARLINK-46542022-2304STARLINK-46652024-1840STARLINK-46822025-0087STARLINK-46012025-0795STARLINK-46042025-1163STARLINK-46682025-1249STARLINK-46712025-1380STARLINK-4650PendingSTARLINK-4587PendingSTARLINK-4681PendingSTARLINK-4693In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-26In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-32In orbitStarlink Group 4-23-33
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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