CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0493
STARLINK-2008
STARLINK-2008 (NORAD 47603) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 2025, after 4 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47603
International designator
2021-009BH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years1,487 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 yearsSTARLINK-2008’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Mar 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-009Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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