RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1143
STARLINK-1143 (NORAD 45179) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 July 2026 over the Indian Ocean, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45179
International designator
2020-012B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jul 2026Recorded time 11:05 UTC
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,349 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 32.0°S, 99.0°E at 11:05 UTC. 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, 5 monthsSTARLINK-1143’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jul 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0122020-0048STARLINK-12202020-0053FALCON 9 R/B2021-0214STARLINK-11052021-0269STARLINK-11982021-0425STARLINK-12542021-0516STARLINK-11882022-0117STARLINK-12042022-1324STARLINK-12142022-2062STARLINK-12182022-2112STARLINK-12292023-0880STARLINK-12032023-1360STARLINK-1241In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-40In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-45In orbitStarlink V1.0-L4-46
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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