STARLINK-1297
NORAD 45395· COSPAR 2020-019AM· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Mar 18, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 5 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:34 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Mar 18, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
316 km
Perigee
307 km
Inclination
53.03°
Period
1.51 h
Part of the Starlink constellation · this satellite is one of 10,866 (planned: 42,000)
SpaceX broadband mega-constellation in LEO. Currently the largest constellation ever flown.
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-1297 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-64.1 km
Rate
-0.62 km/day
Now
307 × 316 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
30 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-019 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 5).
- STARLINK-1279 · 45360
- STARLINK-1267 · 45384
- STARLINK-1272 · 45386
- STARLINK-1274 · 45387
- STARLINK-1280 · 45388
- STARLINK-1283 · 45389
- STARLINK-1284 · 45390
- STARLINK-1307 · 45397
- STARLINK-1255 · 45399
- STARLINK-1260 · 45404
- STARLINK-1263 · 45405
- STARLINK-1265 · 45406
- STARLINK-1301 · 45361
- STARLINK-1278 · 45408
- STARLINK-1296 · 45412
- STARLINK-1309 · 45414
- STARLINK-1316 · 45415
- STARLINK-1286 · 45417
- STARLINK-1308 · 45419
- STARLINK-1262 · 45366
- STARLINK-1273 · 45367
- STARLINK-1276 · 45368
- STARLINK-1277 · 45369
- STARLINK-1281 · 45370
…and 6 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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