CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1587
STARLINK-30304
STARLINK-30304 (NORAD 57808) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 2025, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
57808
International designator
2023-138A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Sep 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years759 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
730 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink V2M
Programme
Starlink 2M S2
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 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 yearsSTARLINK-30304’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 2025
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-138
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.