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STARLINK-3255

NORAD 50201· COSPAR 2021-125AX· 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 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-3255 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jun 3, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-06-03 05:08 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Dec 18, 2021
Reentered
Jun 3, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
165 km
Perigee
157 km
Inclination
53.17°
Period
87.6 min
Part of the Starlink constellation · this satellite is one of 10,866 (planned: 42,000)

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-3255 across 5 days of archived orbital elements (7 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-69.0 km
Rate
-13.13 km/day
Now
172 × 180 km
209246172May 28Jun 3
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

37 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-125 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-4).

…and 13 more from this launch.

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