CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0985
STARLINK-4418
STARLINK-4418 (NORAD 53678) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 May 2025, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53678
International designator
2022-105AG
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 Aug 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months981 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G3
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsSTARLINK-4418’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 May 2025
22 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-105
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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