CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1282
STARLINK-31998
STARLINK-31998 (NORAD 60033) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
60033
International designator
2024-111T
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 Jun 2024Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 2025Recorded time 06:13 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month405 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
730 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink V2M
Programme
Starlink 2M S1
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 28.0°N, 173.0°W at 06:13 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthSTARLINK-31998’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jul 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-111
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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