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STARLINK-1653

NORAD 46352· COSPAR 2020-062AD· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 3, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 11
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-1653 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 19, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-19 21:13 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Sep 3, 2020
Reentered
Aug 19, 2026
Mass
Apogee
158 km
Perigee
155 km
Inclination
53.01°
Period
87.5 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-1653 across 83 days of archived orbital elements (85 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-169.6 km
Rate
-2.04 km/day
Now
183 × 185 km
270358183May 28Aug 20
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

8 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-062 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 11).

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