CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1796
STARLINK-1096
STARLINK-1096 (NORAD 44942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 November 2025 over Asia, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44942
International designator
2020-001AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Nov 2025Recorded time 03:49 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,152 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 48.0°N, 94.0°E at 03:49 UTC. 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, 10 monthsSTARLINK-1096’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Nov 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0012020-0077STARLINK-11182020-0120STARLINK-10872020-0320STARLINK-10772021-0267STARLINK-10752021-0319STARLINK-10952021-0330STARLINK-10812021-0372STARLINK-10782021-0417STARLINK-11012021-0418STARLINK-10722021-0461STARLINK-10972023-0719STARLINK-10852023-1198STARLINK-1116In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L2-36
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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