CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0322
STARLINK-1709
STARLINK-1709 (NORAD 46561) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46561
International designator
2020-070AF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2025Recorded time 19:27 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,587 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 53.0°S, 83.0°W at 19:27 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-1709’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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