CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0221
STARLINK-1887
STARLINK-1887 (NORAD 47170) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 January 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47170
International designator
2020-088BA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Nov 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jan 2025Recorded time 07:46 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,525 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 1.0V1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 26.0°N, 159.0°W at 07:46 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsSTARLINK-1887’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jan 2025
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0882021-0143STARLINK-19002021-0240STARLINK-18422021-0300STARLINK-17792021-0311STARLINK-18552021-0314STARLINK-17872021-0344STARLINK-18362021-0379STARLINK-18862021-0385STARLINK-19142021-0426STARLINK-18752022-0161STARLINK-18532022-0170STARLINK-18402022-0705STARLINK-1859In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-36
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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