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STARLINK-1788

NORAD 46689· COSPAR 2020-073V· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Oct 18, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 13
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-1788 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 19, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-18 18:38 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Oct 18, 2020
Reentered
Jul 19, 2026
Mass
Apogee
186 km
Perigee
175 km
Inclination
53.01°
Period
88.0 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-1788 across 51 days of archived orbital elements (53 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-154.0 km
Rate
-3.01 km/day
Now
177 × 189 km
260342177May 28Jul 19
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

10 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-073 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 13).

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