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STARLINK-2163

NORAD 47749· COSPAR 2021-017AD· 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-2163 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 10, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-10 08:06 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Mar 4, 2021
Reentered
Aug 10, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
158 km
Perigee
149 km
Inclination
53.13°
Period
87.4 min
Part of the Starlink constellation · this satellite is one of 10,866 (planned: 42,000)

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-2163 across 74 days of archived orbital elements (76 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-214.5 km
Rate
-2.89 km/day
Now
149 × 158 km
259369149May 28Aug 11
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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