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STARLINK-1817

NORAD 46715· COSPAR 2020-073AX· 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-1817 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 18, 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 16:45 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Oct 18, 2020
Reentered
Jul 18, 2026
Mass
Apogee
170 km
Perigee
161 km
Inclination
53.02°
Period
87.7 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-1817 across 51 days of archived orbital elements (53 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-179.7 km
Rate
-3.51 km/day
Now
161 × 170 km
255348161May 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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