RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1648
STARLINK-1648 (NORAD 46533) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2026 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46533
International designator
2020-070B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2026Recorded time 12:28 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months2,001 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 6.0°N, 178.0°E at 12:28 UTC. 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, 5 monthsSTARLINK-1648’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-070
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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