CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1778
STARLINK-6268
STARLINK-6268 (NORAD 56415) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 November 2025, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56415
International designator
2023-061AT
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 May 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Nov 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months934 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G5
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 years, 6 monthsSTARLINK-6268’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Nov 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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