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Entry no.
2025-0439

STARLINK-1977

STARLINK-1977 (NORAD 47575) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
47575
International designator
2021-009AD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 2025Recorded time 18:01 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years1,482 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V2

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 45.0°S, 135.0°E at 18:01 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

STARLINK-1977’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 25 Feb 2025

16 entries
2025-0436LEMUR 2 DAISY-HARPER2025-0437Tianqi Xingzuo 1-032025-0438STARLINK-19062025-0440STARLINK-23352025-0441STARLINK-22292025-0442STARLINK-22652025-0443ASTROCAST-02042025-0444STARLINK-53012025-0445FLOCK 4Q 82025-0430THORAD AGENA D DEB2025-0431FENGYUN 1C DEB2025-0432FENGYUN 1C DEB+4 more

From the same launch

2021-009
2022-0171STARLINK-19882022-0949STARLINK-19512022-1457STARLINK-20232022-2369STARLINK-19682024-1310STARLINK-20042024-1475STARLINK-19692024-1839STARLINK-19842024-2099STARLINK-19992025-0172STARLINK-19982025-0211STARLINK-19962025-0222STARLINK-19382025-0251STARLINK-1956
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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