RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-3296
STARLINK-3296 (NORAD 50168) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 2026, after 4 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
50168
International designator
2021-125N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Dec 2021Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years1,484 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
290 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 yearsSTARLINK-3296’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jan 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-1252021-0531STARLINK-32802022-1377STARLINK-33072024-0233STARLINK-33032024-0724STARLINK-32632024-2149STARLINK-32882025-1373STARLINK-32752025-1710STARLINK-33132025-1776STARLINK-33092025-1923STARLINK-3317PendingSTARLINK-3284PendingSTARLINK-3262PendingSTARLINK-3269In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-26In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-27In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-30In orbitStarlink Group 4-4-31
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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