STARLINK-1728
NORAD 46582· COSPAR 2020-070BC· 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 →
No longer in orbit
STARLINK-1728 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 20, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.
Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-20 07:33 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Oct 6, 2020
Reentered
Aug 20, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
167 km
Perigee
157 km
Inclination
53.01°
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.
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-1728 across 84 days of archived orbital elements (86 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-208.4 km
Rate
-2.48 km/day
Now
157 × 167 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-1730 · 46563
- STARLINK-1672 · 46537
- STARLINK-1664 · 46553
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