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STARLINK-2128

NORAD 47404· COSPAR 2021-005BH· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Jan 20, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-2128 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 21, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-20 20:42 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jan 20, 2021
Reentered
Jul 21, 2026
Mass
Apogee
189 km
Perigee
171 km
Inclination
53.02°
Period
87.9 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-2128 across 53 days of archived orbital elements (55 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-154.4 km
Rate
-2.91 km/day
Now
177 × 193 km
259341177May 28Jul 21
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

37 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-005 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16).

…and 13 more from this launch.

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