STARLINK-2001
NORAD 47596· COSPAR 2021-009BA· 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 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-20 17:01 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Feb 4, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
173 km
Perigee
163 km
Inclination
53.01°
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-2001 across 115 days of archived orbital elements (117 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-199.3 km
Rate
-1.73 km/day
Now
175 × 186 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
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2021-009 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18).
- STARLINK-1954 · 47555
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