CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0444
STARLINK-5301
STARLINK-5301 (NORAD 55270) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55270
International designator
2023-010B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jan 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 2025Recorded time 19:14 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month768 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.0°N to 70.0°SFinal inclination 70.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 39.0°N, 169.0°W at 19:14 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthSTARLINK-5301’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Feb 2025
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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