CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1562
STARLINK-31288
STARLINK-31288 (NORAD 59260) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 October 2025, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
59260
International designator
2024-050G
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Mar 2024Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 2025Recorded time 22:23 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months563 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.1°N to 53.1°SFinal inclination 53.1°
Mass
730 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink V2M
Programme
Starlink 2M S1
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.1°N and 53.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsSTARLINK-31288’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Oct 2025
1 entryFrom the same launch
2024-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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