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STARLINK-1494

NORAD 45760· COSPAR 2020-038AG· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Jun 13, 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 8
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-1494 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jun 15, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-06-14 20:04 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jun 13, 2020
Reentered
Jun 15, 2026
Mass
Apogee
194 km
Perigee
180 km
Inclination
53.03°
Period
88.1 min
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-1494 across 17 days of archived orbital elements (19 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-91.8 km
Rate
-5.36 km/day
Now
182 × 197 km
233284182May 28Jun 15
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

15 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-038 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 8).

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