CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0996
STARLINK-1616
STARLINK-1616 (NORAD 46148) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46148
International designator
2020-057AH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Aug 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 2025Recorded time 05:36 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,726 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 7.0°S, 153.0°W at 05:36 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, 8 monthsSTARLINK-1616’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 May 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0572021-0270STARLINK-15922021-0312STARLINK-16322021-0331STARLINK-16072022-0219STARLINK-15992023-1282SKYSAT C182023-1943STARLINK-16382024-0148SKYSAT C192024-0262SKYSAT C172024-0721STARLINK-16132024-0910STARLINK-15892024-0969STARLINK-16152024-1371STARLINK-1634In orbitStarlink V1.0-L10-12In orbitStarlink V1.0-L10-24
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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