CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1811
STARLINK-5687
STARLINK-5687 (NORAD 55473) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 December 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55473
International designator
2023-015AA
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Feb 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Dec 2025Recorded time 10:48 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,033 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 17.0°N, 117.0°W at 10:48 UTC. 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, 9 monthsSTARLINK-5687’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Dec 2025
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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