CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0169
STARLINK-2179
STARLINK-2179 (NORAD 47761) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 January 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47761
International designator
2021-017AR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jan 2025Recorded time 15:59 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,418 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 13.0°N, 114.0°W at 15:59 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-2179’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jan 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0172021-0106FALCON 9 R/B2022-0506STARLINK-21772022-0960STARLINK-21762022-1041STARLINK-21722022-1042STARLINK-21832023-1633STARLINK-22122024-0490STARLINK-21492024-0690STARLINK-21542024-0971STARLINK-21582024-1079STARLINK-21482024-1120STARLINK-21682024-1492STARLINK-2132In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L17-39
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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