CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0580
STARLINK-5081
STARLINK-5081 (NORAD 55759) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2025, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55759
International designator
2023-028U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Mar 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years743 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 yearsSTARLINK-5081’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
2023-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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