RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
STARLINK-5073
STARLINK-5073 (NORAD 55427) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2026, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55427
International designator
2023-014AN
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
31 Jan 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,098 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.0°N to 70.0°SFinal inclination 70.0°
Mass
305 kg
Operator
Built by
SpaceX
Bus
Starlink
Programme
Starlink 1.5 G2
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 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsSTARLINK-5073’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Feb 2026
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-0142023-0309STARLINK-50662023-1205EBAD TEST MASS2024-0210ION SCV-0092024-1192STARLINK-52302024-1709STARLINK-50802025-0582STARLINK-56182025-0615STARLINK-50332025-0784STARLINK-50472025-0866STARLINK-56162025-0913STARLINK-5077PendingSTARLINK-5092In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-26In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-28In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-29In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-30In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-31In orbitStarlink Group 2-6-32
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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