CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0816
STARLINK-5292
STARLINK-5292 (NORAD 55308) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55308
International designator
2023-010AR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jan 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2025Recorded time 14:57 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months818 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 25.0°S, 146.0°W at 14:57 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, 2 monthsSTARLINK-5292’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Apr 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-010Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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