CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0097
STARLINK-2689
STARLINK-2689 (NORAD 48463) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 2025 over Asia, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48463
International designator
2021-040AM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 May 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 2025Recorded time 07:09 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,342 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 48.0°N, 110.0°E at 07:09 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, 8 monthsSTARLINK-2689’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jan 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0402021-0190STARLINK-26382021-0266STARLINK-25292024-0693STARLINK-27292024-0698STARLINK-22692024-1107STARLINK-24962024-1175STARLINK-26322024-1176STARLINK-25082024-1222STARLINK-26522024-1223STARLINK-26902024-1450STARLINK-22472024-2177STARLINK-27232025-0096STARLINK-2749In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-27In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L27-31
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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