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Entry no.
2025-0003

STARLINK-2240

STARLINK-2240 (NORAD 48585) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
48585
International designator
2021-041AJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 May 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 2025Recorded time 19:27 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V2

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 13.0°S, 93.0°W at 19:27 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, 7 months

STARLINK-2240’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 1 Jan 2025

7 entries
2025-0001STARLINK-13542025-0002MULTIFUNCTION TEST SAT2025-0004STARLINK-38652025-0005STARLINK-46882025-0006EOS-72025-0007STARLINK-61232025-0008CZ-7A R/B

From the same launch

2021-041
2021-0297STARLINK-22762022-0220STARLINK-21732022-0961STARLINK-22462024-0030STARLINK-22422024-0414CAPELLA-6 (WHITNEY)2024-0625STARLINK-22562024-0682STARLINK-22742024-0694STARLINK-22332024-0740STARLINK-22152024-0741STARLINK-22482024-0756STARLINK-21672024-0924STARLINK-2186In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L26-30
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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