STARLINK-1743
Identity
Operator attribution (GCAT)
Seattle:Redmond, Washington (US)
Attribution from GCAT (J. McDowell), ingested under CC-BY-4.0 and shown alongside — not in place of — the catalogue owner above. GCAT reflects one researcher's editorial synthesis of public sources; treat it as evidence of the operator, not as a determination.
McDowell, J., General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (GCAT), planet4589.org/space/gcat, CC-BY-4.0
UN registration
Registration metadata as reproduced in GCAT from the UN Register (ST/SG/SER.E and A/AC.105/INF series). Registration is a self-assertion by the state of registry; under Registration Convention Art. II a state of registry must be a launching state.
Aliases
NAME: STARLINK-1743
NORAD: 46568
Launch
Reported lifecycle & re-entry
| Event | Date | Reported by | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Re-entered (5-yr rule: met) | 2022-04-10 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (operator_reported) | source SpaceX Semi-Annual Constellation Status Report, filed 2022-07-01, period 2021-12-01 to 2022-05-31, FCC docket 18-313 (sha256 81ee0eaa4d61) Re-entered per SpaceX semi-annual report |
| Disposal failure | 2021-12-03 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (operator_reported) | source SpaceX special disposal-failure report filed 2021-12-13, IBFS SAT-MOD-20200417-00037 Disposal failure: fell into non-recoverable tumble while deorbiting (three independent faults) |
Operator/regulator-reported end-of-life events, reconciled to this object and cross-checked against the catalogue decay date where available. Not a re-entry prediction.
Orbit
Launching State
| Limb | State | Tier | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of registry | US | T1 official record | Registered with the UN by US in ST/SG/SER.E/964 Registration Convention Art. II — a State of registry must be a launching State |
| Launch agency | US | T3 derived | Launch conducted by SpaceX (US) Outer Space Treaty Art. VII — State which launches a space object |
| Facility | US | T3 derived | Launched from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, a facility of US Outer Space Treaty Art. VII — State from whose facility an object is launched |
| Procurement | US | T4 inferred | Inferred from owner nationality: SpaceX (Seattle) (US) Outer Space Treaty Art. VII — State which procures the launching (INFERRED, not established) |
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launching, or the launch is from its territory or facility — more than one State can qualify for one object, and launching States are jointly and severally liable (Liability Convention Art. V). Launching-State status is fixed at launch and does not transfer when operators change. Tier 4 claims are inferred from owner nationality and are the weakest: rideshare procurement through integrators is genuinely contestable.
Legal framework
| Instrument & provision | What it means for this object |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty (1967), Art. VIII 610 UNTS 205 · sha256:2312a1b376199f71… |
The state of registry retains jurisdiction and control over this object; ownership is unaffected by its presence in space. |
| Registration Convention (1975), Arts. II & IV 1023 UNTS 15 · sha256:9e35e1301842aad7… |
The launching state must carry this object on a national registry and furnish identifying information to the UN registry. |
| Outer Space Treaty (1967), Art. VII 610 UNTS 205 · sha256:2312a1b376199f71… |
The launching state is internationally liable for damage caused by this object on Earth, in air space or in outer space. |
| Liability Convention (1972), Arts. II–III 961 UNTS 187 · sha256:44c2c2bcdb79eeb0… |
Absolute liability for damage on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft; fault-based liability for damage in space. |
| Outer Space Treaty (1967), Art. VI 610 UNTS 205 · sha256:2312a1b376199f71… |
The responsible state bears international responsibility for this operator's activities, which require authorization and continuing supervision. |
Legal context, not legal advice. Provisions cited from the Space Law Corpus (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21185483), a provenance-tracked record of the authoritative texts; each citation carries the SHA-256 of the exact corpus text relied on. Applicability to a specific object depends on facts (launching state(s), registry state, operator nationality) that this registry records on a best-effort basis.