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STARLINK-4424

NORAD 53681· COSPAR 2022-105AK· Starlink· SSO
Launch
Launched on Aug 31, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-4 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-4424 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 20, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-20 02:31 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Aug 31, 2022
Reentered
Aug 20, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
161 km
Perigee
148 km
Inclination
97.57°
Period
87.4 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-4424 across 84 days of archived orbital elements (86 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-273.9 km
Rate
-3.26 km/day
Now
148 × 161 km
289430148May 28Aug 21
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

40 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-105 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-4).

…and 16 more from this launch.

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