STARLINK-30442
NORAD 57868· COSPAR 2023-144E· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 16, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-16 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 22:38 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Sep 16, 2023
Mass
—
Apogee
493 km
Perigee
491 km
Inclination
43.00°
Period
1.57 h
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-30442 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
491 × 493 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
20 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-144 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-16).
- STARLINK-30432 · 57864
- STARLINK-30427 · 57865
- STARLINK-30393 · 57866
- STARLINK-30439 · 57867
- STARLINK-30441 · 57869
- STARLINK-30460 · 57870
- STARLINK-30444 · 57871
- STARLINK-30446 · 57872
- STARLINK-30445 · 57873
- STARLINK-30447 · 57874
- STARLINK-30434 · 57875
- STARLINK-30429 · 57876
- STARLINK-30284 · 57877
- STARLINK-30433 · 57878
- STARLINK-30358 · 57879
- STARLINK-30436 · 57880
- STARLINK-30339 · 57882
- STARLINK-30282 · 57883
- STARLINK-30340 · 57884
- STARLINK-30279 · 57885
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