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STARLINK-4498

NORAD 53434· COSPAR 2022-097AY· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 10, 2022 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-26 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-4498 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 2, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-02 06:06 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Aug 10, 2022
Reentered
Jul 2, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
169 km
Perigee
159 km
Inclination
53.20°
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-4498 across 34 days of archived orbital elements (36 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-159.3 km
Rate
-4.65 km/day
Now
178 × 187 km
260342178May 28Jul 2
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

47 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-097 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-26).

…and 23 more from this launch.

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