RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-4578
STARLINK-4578 (NORAD 53965) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2026 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53965
International designator
2022-125B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Oct 2022Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2026Recorded time 02:31 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,289 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 43.0°S, 8.0°E at 02:31 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, 6 monthsSTARLINK-4578’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Apr 2026
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-1252024-0695STARLINK-51052024-0749STARLINK-51572024-0764STARLINK-51162024-1264STARLINK-50752024-2202STARLINK-51152025-0450STARLINK-5112PendingSTARLINK-5103PendingSTARLINK-4639In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-01In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-25In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-28In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-29In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-30In orbitStarlink Group 4-29-31
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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