CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1405
STARLINK-1966
STARLINK-1966 (NORAD 47567) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 August 2025 over Asia, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47567
International designator
2021-009V
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 Feb 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Aug 2025Recorded time 06:19 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,662 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 1.0V2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 40.0°N, 98.0°E at 06:19 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, 6 monthsSTARLINK-1966’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Aug 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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