STARLINK-3005
NORAD 48881· COSPAR 2021-059C· Starlink· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jun 30, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 01:02 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jun 30, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
568 km
Perigee
566 km
Inclination
97.28°
Period
1.60 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-3005 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
566 × 568 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
11 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-059 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).
- MANDRAKE 2 ABLE · 48907
- MANDRAKE 2 BAKER · 48908
- PACE-1 · 48909
- YAM-3 · 48915
- HAWK-3B · 48931
- HAWK-3C · 48948
- DEMO8 (TENZING) · 48951
- HAWK-3A · 48957
- SHERPA-FX2 & TAGSAT-2 · 48958
- SPARTAN · 48964
- TYVAK-0173 · 48892
Sources & further reading
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