STARLINK-3268
NORAD 50190· COSPAR 2021-125AL· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 18, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-4 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 00:19 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Dec 18, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
471 km
Perigee
469 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-3268 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-77.0 km
Rate
-0.75 km/day
Now
469 × 471 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
36 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-125 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-4).
- STARLINK-3265 · 50180
- STARLINK-3285 · 50181
- STARLINK-3277 · 50182
- STARLINK-3281 · 50183
- STARLINK-3279 · 50185
- STARLINK-3274 · 50186
- STARLINK-3272 · 50187
- STARLINK-3276 · 50189
- STARLINK-3273 · 50191
- STARLINK-3259 · 50192
- STARLINK-3261 · 50193
- STARLINK-3266 · 50195
- STARLINK-3267 · 50197
- STARLINK-3264 · 50198
- STARLINK-3270 · 50199
- STARLINK-3235 · 50200
- STARLINK-3256 · 50202
- STARLINK-3257 · 50203
- STARLINK-3254 · 50204
- STARLINK-3260 · 50205
- STARLINK-3297 · 50159
- STARLINK-3304 · 50161
- STARLINK-3306 · 50163
- STARLINK-3298 · 50165
…and 12 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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