RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-2727
STARLINK-2727 (NORAD 48652) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2026 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48652
International designator
2021-044Q
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
26 May 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2026Recorded time 02:14 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,923 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 24.0°S, 155.0°E at 02:14 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, 3 monthsSTARLINK-2727’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
2021-0442024-0742STARLINK-26532024-0761STARLINK-27582024-1037STARLINK-27082024-1165STARLINK-27152024-1271STARLINK-27192025-0085STARLINK-26882025-0121STARLINK-26172025-0224STARLINK-26912025-0261STARLINK-27372025-0656STARLINK-27092025-0671STARLINK-27332025-0822STARLINK-2649In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-25In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-26In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-29In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-30In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-31In orbitStarlink V1.0-L28-32
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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