RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-2393
STARLINK-2393 (NORAD 47812) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2026 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47812
International designator
2021-018AB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2026Recorded time 14:57 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,760 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 1.0V2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 18.0°S, 166.0°E at 14:57 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsSTARLINK-2393’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0182024-0050STARLINK-23902024-0755STARLINK-23412024-0911STARLINK-23942024-1080STARLINK-24562024-1300STARLINK-23822024-1337STARLINK-24252025-0069STARLINK-23472025-0076STARLINK-23922025-0120STARLINK-24342025-0814STARLINK-24032025-0868STARLINK-23842025-1275STARLINK-2416In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-30In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-31In orbitStarlink V1.0-L20-33
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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