RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-4424
STARLINK-4424 (NORAD 53681) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 2026 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53681
International designator
2022-105AK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 Aug 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2026Recorded time 07:44 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,450 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 30.0°S, 146.0°W at 07:44 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, 11 monthsSTARLINK-4424’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 2026
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1052025-0863STARLINK-45622025-0911STARLINK-44492025-0985STARLINK-4418PendingSTARLINK-4463PendingSTARLINK-4469PendingSTARLINK-4456In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-01In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-25In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-27In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-28In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-29In orbitStarlink Group 3-4-30
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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