CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1361
STARLINK-4028
STARLINK-4028 (NORAD 52677) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2025 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52677
International designator
2022-053X
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 May 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2025Recorded time 07:51 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,181 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 13.0°S, 120.0°W at 07:51 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 2 monthsSTARLINK-4028’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-0532024-2094STARLINK-40392024-2095STARLINK-40252024-2182STARLINK-39452025-0086STARLINK-4003PendingSTARLINK-4042PendingSTARLINK-4078In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-26In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-27In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-18-30
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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