RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-4461
STARLINK-4461 (NORAD 53503) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 2026 over Africa, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53503
International designator
2022-099AQ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Aug 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 2026Recorded time 14:18 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,331 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
Recorded positionRecorded position 10.0°N, 20.0°E at 14:18 UTC. 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-4461’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-0992025-0791STARLINK-44412025-1078STARLINK-44442025-1585STARLINK-4401PendingSTARLINK-4361PendingSTARLINK-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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