CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1900
STARLINK-3557
STARLINK-3557 (NORAD 51802) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 December 2025, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51802
International designator
2022-017AL
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Feb 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Dec 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,399 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
297 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
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 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 10 monthsSTARLINK-3557’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Dec 2025
3 entriesFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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