CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0866
STARLINK-5616
STARLINK-5616 (NORAD 55417) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55417
International designator
2023-014AC
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 Jan 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 2025Recorded time 03:18 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months813 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 0.0°N, 102.0°W at 03:18 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-5616’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Apr 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-0142023-0309STARLINK-50662023-1205EBAD TEST MASS2024-0210ION SCV-0092024-1192STARLINK-52302024-1709STARLINK-50802025-0582STARLINK-56182025-0615STARLINK-50332025-0784STARLINK-50472025-0913STARLINK-5077PendingSTARLINK-5073PendingSTARLINK-5092In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-26In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-28In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-29In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-30In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-31In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-32
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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