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Entry no.
2025-0821

STARLINK-1916

STARLINK-1916 (NORAD 46766) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46766
International designator
2020-074AD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 2025Recorded time 03:08 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 5 months1,637 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 9.0°S, 58.0°E at 03:08 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, 5 months

STARLINK-1916’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Apr 2025

3 entries
2025-0820SUPERVIEW-1 042025-0822STARLINK-26492025-0823STARLINK-5392

From the same launch

2020-074
2020-0314STARLINK-19152020-0315STARLINK-19502020-0343FALCON 9 R/B2021-0251STARLINK-18472021-0292STARLINK-18972021-0295STARLINK-19352021-0310STARLINK-19372021-0336STARLINK-19492021-0408STARLINK-19012021-0491STARLINK-19432022-0169STARLINK-19452022-0771STARLINK-1919
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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