CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1596
STARLINK-31221
STARLINK-31221 (NORAD 58896) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 2025 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
58896
International designator
2024-020W
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Jan 2024Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 2025Recorded time 13:56 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months618 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.0°S, 17.0°E at 13:56 UTC. 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, 8 monthsSTARLINK-31221’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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