CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1163
STARLINK-4668
STARLINK-4668 (NORAD 53596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 June 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53596
International designator
2022-104J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Aug 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jun 2025Recorded time 19:50 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,020 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 29.0°S, 56.0°E at 19:50 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsSTARLINK-4668’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jun 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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