CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0167
STARLINK-2520
STARLINK-2520 (NORAD 48281) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 2025, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48281
International designator
2021-036F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Apr 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,361 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. 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-2520’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jan 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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