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STARLINK-1541

NORAD 46052· COSPAR 2020-055AB· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 7, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 9 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-1541 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 24, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-24 17:08 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Aug 7, 2020
Reentered
Jul 24, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
164 km
Perigee
158 km
Inclination
53.14°
Period
87.6 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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-1541 across 58 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-175.9 km
Rate
-3.03 km/day
Now
158 × 164 km
248339158May 28Jul 26
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

34 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-055 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 9).

…and 10 more from this launch.

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