STARLINK-1944
NORAD 46796· COSPAR 2020-074BK· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Oct 24, 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 14 →
No longer in orbit
STARLINK-1944 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 5, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.
Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-05 19:55 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Oct 24, 2020
Reentered
Jul 5, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
176 km
Perigee
163 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-1944 across 38 days of archived orbital elements (40 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-158.1 km
Rate
-4.14 km/day
Now
163 × 176 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
4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-074 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 14).
- STARLINK-1835 · 46782
- STARLINK-1893 · 46786
- STARLINK-1942 · 46794
- STARLINK-1892 · 46743
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