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Entry no.
2025-1383

STARLINK-1693

STARLINK-1693 (NORAD 46543) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 August 2025 over Australia, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
46543
International designator
2020-070M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Aug 2025Recorded time 10:18 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,775 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
SpaceX
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0V1

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 23.0°S, 149.0°E at 10:18 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.

Life in orbit

4 years, 10 months

STARLINK-1693’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Aug 2025

4 entries
2025-1382SMDC ONE 1.12025-1386STARLINK-335422025-1384SL-14 DEB2025-1385CZ-6A DEB

From the same launch

2020-070
2020-0303FALCON 9 R/B2021-0079STARLINK-17022021-0253STARLINK-17442021-0303STARLINK-16852021-0459STARLINK-16742022-0265STARLINK-16682022-0639STARLINK-16842022-0805STARLINK-17432022-0894STARLINK-17542022-1039STARLINK-17532023-0638STARLINK-16492023-1242STARLINK-1706In orbitStarlink V1.0-L12-44
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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