RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-2626
STARLINK-2626 (NORAD 48363) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 2026 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48363
International designator
2021-038L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
4 May 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 2026Recorded time 18:35 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 7 months1,705 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 49.0°S, 104.0°E at 18:35 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, 7 monthsSTARLINK-2626’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0382024-0671STARLINK-26012024-1139STARLINK-25992024-1293STARLINK-25962024-1319STARLINK-25722024-1320STARLINK-19042024-1329STARLINK-25602024-2037STARLINK-26002025-0084STARLINK-25732025-0270STARLINK-26022025-0623STARLINK-25612025-0738STARLINK-26412025-1390STARLINK-2631In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-01In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-27In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-28In orbitStarlink V1.0-L25-29
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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