CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0120
STARLINK-2434
STARLINK-2434 (NORAD 47842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2025 over North America, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47842
International designator
2021-018BH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2025Recorded time 23:10 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,403 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 38.0°N, 96.0°W at 23:10 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, 10 monthsSTARLINK-2434’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jan 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0182024-0050STARLINK-23902024-0755STARLINK-23412024-0911STARLINK-23942024-1080STARLINK-24562024-1300STARLINK-23822024-1337STARLINK-24252025-0069STARLINK-23472025-0076STARLINK-23922025-0814STARLINK-24032025-0868STARLINK-23842025-1275STARLINK-2416PendingSTARLINK-2393In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-30In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-31In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-33
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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