CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1242
STARLINK-5560
STARLINK-5560 (NORAD 55749) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2025, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55749
International designator
2023-028J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Mar 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months857 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.0°N to 70.0°SFinal inclination 70.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G2
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 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsSTARLINK-5560’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jul 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
2023-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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