STARLINK-2659
NORAD 48467· COSPAR 2021-040AR· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on May 9, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 27 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 08:00 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
May 9, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
457 km
Perigee
455 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-2659 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-21.6 km
Rate
-0.15 km/day
Now
456 × 457 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
41 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-040 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 27).
- STARLINK-2461 · 48428
- STARLINK-2703 · 48452
- STARLINK-2620 · 48453
- STARLINK-2654 · 48454
- STARLINK-2497 · 48455
- STARLINK-2698 · 48458
- STARLINK-2579 · 48459
- STARLINK-2683 · 48462
- STARLINK-2686 · 48464
- STARLINK-2681 · 48465
- STARLINK-2687 · 48466
- STARLINK-2685 · 48468
- STARLINK-2661 · 48469
- STARLINK-2675 · 48470
- STARLINK-2684 · 48471
- STARLINK-2722 · 48472
- STARLINK-2658 · 48473
- STARLINK-2697 · 48474
- STARLINK-2728 · 48478
- STARLINK-2755 · 48479
- STARLINK-2706 · 48481
- STARLINK-2525 · 48482
- STARLINK-2531 · 48483
- STARLINK-2500 · 48485
…and 17 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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