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STARLINK-2141

NORAD 47731· COSPAR 2021-017K· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Mar 4, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 17 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-2141 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 23, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-23 12:54 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Mar 4, 2021
Reentered
Jul 23, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
174 km
Perigee
168 km
Inclination
53.13°
Period
87.8 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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-2141 across 56 days of archived orbital elements (58 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-216.3 km
Rate
-3.85 km/day
Now
168 × 174 km
280392168May 28Jul 24
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

25 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-017 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 17).

…and 1 more from this launch.

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