RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1820
STARLINK-1820 (NORAD 46717) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2026 over the Indian Ocean, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46717
International designator
2020-073AZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2026Recorded time 04:52 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months1,995 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 53.0°S, 22.0°E at 04:52 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-1820’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Apr 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0732020-0295STARLINK-18192020-0426STARLINK-17722021-0184STARLINK-18412021-0305STARLINK-17782021-0307STARLINK-17962021-0328STARLINK-17942021-0343STARLINK-18242021-0403STARLINK-18272021-0405STARLINK-17312022-0168STARLINK-17862022-0692STARLINK-18312022-1308STARLINK-1809In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-32In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-36In orbitStarlink V1.0-L13-39
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
orbitalradar.com/register/norad/46717
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