CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0163
STARLINK-6078
STARLINK-6078 (NORAD 56106) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2025 over Australia, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56106
International designator
2023-046P
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Mar 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2025Recorded time 19:09 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months660 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G5
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 27.0°S, 150.0°E at 19:09 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 9 monthsSTARLINK-6078’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-0462024-0628STARLINK-53702024-0633STARLINK-55632024-0759STARLINK-53782024-2127STARLINK-61022025-0186STARLINK-61032025-1208STARLINK-60932025-1699STARLINK-6105PendingSTARLINK-5140In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-25In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-27In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-28In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-29In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-30In orbitStarlink Group 5-10-31
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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