STARLINK-2538
NORAD 48300· COSPAR 2021-036AA· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Apr 29, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 24 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 21:37 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Apr 29, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
479 km
Perigee
477 km
Inclination
53.16°
Period
1.57 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-2538 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
477 × 479 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
44 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-036 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 24).
- STARLINK-2567 · 48276
- STARLINK-2537 · 48301
- STARLINK-2530 · 48303
- STARLINK-2524 · 48304
- STARLINK-2519 · 48305
- STARLINK-2523 · 48306
- STARLINK-2517 · 48309
- STARLINK-2536 · 48310
- STARLINK-2534 · 48311
- STARLINK-2061 · 48312
- STARLINK-2549 · 48314
- STARLINK-2506 · 48315
- STARLINK-2507 · 48316
- STARLINK-2513 · 48317
- STARLINK-2509 · 48318
- STARLINK-2512 · 48319
- STARLINK-2029 · 48320
- STARLINK-2457 · 48321
- STARLINK-2515 · 48323
- STARLINK-2569 · 48277
- STARLINK-2495 · 48325
- STARLINK-2498 · 48326
- STARLINK-2502 · 48327
- STARLINK-2504 · 48328
…and 20 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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