RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-2401
STARLINK-2401 (NORAD 47818) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 September 2026 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47818
International designator
2021-018AH
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Mar 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Sep 2026Recorded time 19:25 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months2,006 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 20.0°N, 37.0°W at 19:25 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-2401’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Sep 2026
1 entryFrom 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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