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STARLINK-2015

NORAD 47638· COSPAR 2021-012U· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 16, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 19
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 03:16 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Feb 16, 2021
Mass
Apogee
444 km
Perigee
442 km
Inclination
53.16°
Period
1.55 h
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-2015 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-28.0 km
Rate
-0.27 km/day
Now
443 × 444 km
458473443May 28Sep 9
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

12 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-012 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 19).

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