STARLINK-1656
NORAD 46353· COSPAR 2020-062AE· 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 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 11:18 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Sep 3, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
256 km
Perigee
254 km
Inclination
53.03°
Period
89.5 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-1656 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-115.3 km
Rate
-1.12 km/day
Now
260 × 260 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
8 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-062 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 11).
- STARLINK-1653 · 46352
- STARLINK-1661 · 46355
- STARLINK-1724 · 46375
- STARLINK-1770 · 46383
- STARLINK-1771 · 46384
- STARLINK-1695 · 46329
- STARLINK-1762 · 46342
- STARLINK-1553 · 46348
Sources & further reading
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