RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-5042
STARLINK-5042 (NORAD 53899) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2026 over the Indian Ocean, after 3 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53899
International designator
2022-119P
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Sep 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2026Recorded time 06:10 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 9 months1,382 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.2°N to 53.2°SFinal inclination 53.2°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G4
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 36.0°S, 56.0°E at 06:10 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.2°N and 53.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 9 monthsSTARLINK-5042’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jul 2026
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1192022-2125STARLINK-50052025-0138STARLINK-47652025-0459STARLINK-50632025-1750STARLINK-50082025-1789STARLINK-50152025-1924STARLINK-5056PendingSTARLINK-5024PendingSTARLINK-5017PendingSTARLINK-5034PendingSTARLINK-5000PendingSTARLINK-5032In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-26In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-27In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-35-31
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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