CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0579
STARLINK-2005
STARLINK-2005 (NORAD 47600) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47600
International designator
2021-009BE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2025Recorded time 06:22 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,500 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°S, 179.0°W at 06:22 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, 1 monthSTARLINK-2005’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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