CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0727
STARLINK-1879
STARLINK-1879 (NORAD 47164) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47164
International designator
2020-088AU
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Nov 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2025Recorded time 17:55 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,592 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 1.0V1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 51.0°S, 131.0°E at 17:55 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, 4 monthsSTARLINK-1879’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Apr 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0882021-0143STARLINK-19002021-0240STARLINK-18422021-0300STARLINK-17792021-0311STARLINK-18552021-0314STARLINK-17872021-0344STARLINK-18362021-0379STARLINK-18862021-0385STARLINK-19142021-0426STARLINK-18752022-0161STARLINK-18532022-0170STARLINK-18402022-0705STARLINK-1859In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-36
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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