STARLINK-1730
NORAD 46563· COSPAR 2020-070AH· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Oct 6, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 12 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 22:00 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Oct 6, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
345 km
Perigee
340 km
Inclination
53.02°
Period
1.52 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-1730 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-57.7 km
Rate
-0.56 km/day
Now
341 × 345 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
5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-070 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 12).
- STARLINK-1676 · 46556
- STARLINK-1714 · 46562
- STARLINK-1728 · 46582
- STARLINK-1672 · 46537
- STARLINK-1664 · 46553
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