CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1466
STARLINK-5978
STARLINK-5978 (NORAD 56769) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2025 over the Indian Ocean, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56769
International designator
2023-078C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 May 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2025Recorded time 10:45 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months831 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°S, 120.0°E at 10:45 UTC. 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, 3 monthsSTARLINK-5978’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Sep 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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