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STARLINK-1958

NORAD 47559· COSPAR 2021-009M· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 4, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-1958 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jun 22, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-06-22 09:44 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Feb 4, 2021
Reentered
Jun 22, 2026
Mass
Apogee
169 km
Perigee
160 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-1958 across 25 days of archived orbital elements (27 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-146.2 km
Rate
-5.82 km/day
Now
160 × 169 km
238317160May 28Jun 23
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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-009 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18).

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