STARLING 2

NORAD 57387· COSPAR 2023-100B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jul 18, 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:20 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 18, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

553 km

Perigee

545 km

Inclination

99.50°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLING 2 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

545 × 553 km

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

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-100 (Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare)).

STARLING 4 · 57386
STARLING 1 · 57388
STARLING 3 · 57389
LEMUR-2-DEVERILL-M-T · 57391
LEO 3 · 57392

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