RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-3004
STARLINK-3004 (NORAD 48880) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 June 2026 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 4 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48880
International designator
2021-059B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jun 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jun 2026Recorded time 10:36 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 11 months1,810 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
260 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.0 G3
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 30.0°S, 120.0°W at 10:36 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 11 monthsSTARLINK-3004’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jun 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-0592023-0369CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY)2023-0384SPACEBEE-882023-0396SPACEBEE-932023-0429SPACEBEE-902023-0456SPACEBEE-892023-0457SPACEBEE-912023-0517SPACEBEE-922023-0518SPACEBEE-942023-0547SPACEBEE-952023-0595SPACEBEE-962023-0660SPACEBEE-972023-0661SPACEBEE-98In orbitMandrake 2AIn orbitMandrake 2BIn orbitPACE-1In orbitYAM-3
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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