RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-1912
STARLINK-1912 (NORAD 47178) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2026 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 5 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47178
International designator
2020-088BJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Nov 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2026Recorded time 10:11 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 9 months2,105 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 12.0°S, 175.0°W at 10:11 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, 9 monthsSTARLINK-1912’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0882021-0143STARLINK-19002021-0240STARLINK-18422021-0300STARLINK-17792021-0311STARLINK-18552021-0314STARLINK-17872021-0344STARLINK-18362021-0379STARLINK-18862021-0385STARLINK-19142021-0426STARLINK-18752022-0161STARLINK-18532022-0170STARLINK-18402022-0705STARLINK-1859In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L15-36
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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