RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1159
STARLINK-1159 (NORAD 45057) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2026, after 6 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45057
International designator
2020-006P
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Jan 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 3 months2,290 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 3 monthsSTARLINK-1159’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2026
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0062020-0288STARLINK-11572020-0390STARLINK-11582021-0100STARLINK-11752021-0268STARLINK-11642021-0288STARLINK-11632021-0299STARLINK-11272021-0388STARLINK-11782022-0769STARLINK-11822023-0948STARLINK-11292023-1082STARLINK-11812023-1126STARLINK-11412024-0212STARLINK-1195In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-31In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-37In orbitStarlink V1.0-L3-44
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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