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STARLINK-2170

NORAD 47753· COSPAR 2021-017AH· 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
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 04:33 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Mar 4, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
466 km
Perigee
459 km
Inclination
53.16°
Period
1.56 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-2170 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-15.2 km
Rate
-0.10 km/day
Now
459 × 467 km
469479459May 28Oct 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

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

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