RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-3284
STARLINK-3284 (NORAD 50178) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 2026 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
50178
International designator
2021-125Y
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Dec 2021Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2026Recorded time 15:06 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,510 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 7.0°S, 28.0°W at 15:06 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthSTARLINK-3284’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Feb 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-1252021-0531STARLINK-32802022-1377STARLINK-33072024-0233STARLINK-33032024-0724STARLINK-32632024-2149STARLINK-32882025-1373STARLINK-32752025-1710STARLINK-33132025-1776STARLINK-33092025-1923STARLINK-3317PendingSTARLINK-3296PendingSTARLINK-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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