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STARLINK-4078

NORAD 52689· COSPAR 2022-053AK· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on May 18, 2022 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-18 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-4078 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 6, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-05 00:59 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
May 18, 2022
Reentered
Aug 6, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
222 km
Perigee
204 km
Inclination
53.19°
Period
88.6 min
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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-4078 across 70 days of archived orbital elements (72 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-159.8 km
Rate
-2.28 km/day
Now
204 × 222 km
290376204May 28Aug 7
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

46 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-053 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-18).

…and 22 more from this launch.

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