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STARLINK-4681

NORAD 53594· COSPAR 2022-104G· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 28, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-23
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-4681 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 19:43 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Aug 28, 2022
Reentered
Jul 2, 2026
Mass
Apogee
162 km
Perigee
151 km
Inclination
53.20°
Period
87.5 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.

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-4681 across 35 days of archived orbital elements (37 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-186.0 km
Rate
-5.29 km/day
Now
151 × 162 km
247343151May 28Jul 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

41 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-104 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-23).

…and 17 more from this launch.

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