CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1178
STARLINK-1170
STARLINK-1170 (NORAD 45073) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 June 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 5 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45073
International designator
2020-006AF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jun 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 4 months1,965 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 1.0
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 46.0°S, 179.0°E. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 4 monthsSTARLINK-1170’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jun 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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