CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1080
STARLINK-31072
STARLINK-31072 (NORAD 58599) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
58599
International designator
2023-200L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Dec 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 2025Recorded time 00:16 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months521 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
730 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink V2M
Programme
Starlink 2M S2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 33.0°S, 127.0°E at 00:16 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsSTARLINK-31072’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 May 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-200
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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