CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0060
STARLINK-4009
STARLINK-4009 (NORAD 52624) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 January 2025, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52624
International designator
2022-052AC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 May 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months967 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. 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, 7 monthsSTARLINK-4009’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Jan 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.