CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1884
STARLINK-30163
STARLINK-30163 (NORAD 57309) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
57309
International designator
2023-096V
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
10 Jul 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2025Recorded time 03:46 UTC
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months894 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 43.0°N, 160.0°E at 03:46 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, 5 monthsSTARLINK-30163’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-0962024-1482STARLINK-302022025-1131STARLINK-302062025-1222STARLINK-302112025-1356STARLINK-301992025-1432STARLINK-301942025-1715STARLINK-30234PendingSTARLINK-30241PendingSTARLINK-30177PendingSTARLINK-30200PendingSTARLINK-30175PendingSTARLINK-30238PendingSTARLINK-30209In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-01In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-02In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-05In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-11In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-12In orbitStarlink Group 6-5-13
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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