RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-4361
STARLINK-4361 (NORAD 53493) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 2026, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53493
International designator
2022-099AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Aug 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,329 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G3
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsSTARLINK-4361’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Apr 2026
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-0992025-0791STARLINK-44412025-1078STARLINK-44442025-1585STARLINK-4401PendingSTARLINK-4461PendingSTARLINK-4465PendingSTARLINK-4437PendingSTARLINK-4455PendingSTARLINK-4412In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-01In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-25In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-26In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-27In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-28In orbitStarlink Group 3-3-30
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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