RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1474
STARLINK-1474 (NORAD 45738) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 February 2026, after 5 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45738
International designator
2020-038J
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jun 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 8 months2,081 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 1.0V1
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
5 years, 8 monthsSTARLINK-1474’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Feb 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0382021-0216STARLINK-15162021-0226STARLINK-14732021-0381STARLINK-15082022-1613STARLINK-15012022-1745STARLINK-14692022-2306STARLINK-14952023-1999STARLINK-14722024-0321STARLINK-15212024-1269STARLINK-14612024-1327SKYSAT C142024-1361STARLINK-14662024-1523SKYSAT C16In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-19In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-20In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-35In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-44In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-12In orbitStarlink V1.0-L8-24
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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