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STARLINK-30188

NORAD 57432· COSPAR 2023-105C· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Jul 24, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-6 →
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
No longer in orbit

STARLINK-30188 reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 17, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-17 15:52 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jul 24, 2023
Reentered
Aug 17, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
210 km
Perigee
199 km
Inclination
42.99°
Period
88.4 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-30188 across 81 days of archived orbital elements (83 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-287.4 km
Rate
-3.54 km/day
Now
199 × 210 km
346494199May 28Aug 18
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

14 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-105 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-6).

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