CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry no.
2025-1540

STARLINK-1244

STARLINK-1244 (NORAD 45196) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2025, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
45196
International designator
2020-012U
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,049 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 1.0

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.

Life in orbit

5 years, 7 months

STARLINK-1244’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 27 Sep 2025

2 entries

From the same launch

2020-012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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