CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0087
STARLINK-4601
STARLINK-4601 (NORAD 53617) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53617
International designator
2022-104AF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Aug 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 2025Recorded time 13:35 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months864 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 43.0°S, 132.0°W at 13:35 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-4601’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jan 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1042022-1860STARLINK-46532022-1866STARLINK-46542022-2304STARLINK-46652024-1840STARLINK-46822024-2214STARLINK-46032025-0795STARLINK-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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