STARLINK-30986
NORAD 58492· COSPAR 2023-186V· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 3, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:36 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Dec 3, 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-30986 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 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 2023-186 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31).
- STARLINK-30947 · 58473
- STARLINK-30941 · 58475
- STARLINK-30980 · 58476
- STARLINK-30965 · 58477
- STARLINK-30990 · 58478
- STARLINK-30984 · 58480
- STARLINK-30956 · 58481
- STARLINK-30997 · 58482
- STARLINK-30994 · 58483
- STARLINK-30991 · 58484
- STARLINK-30979 · 58485
- STARLINK-31005 · 58486
- STARLINK-30987 · 58487
- STARLINK-31000 · 58488
- STARLINK-30993 · 58489
- STARLINK-30978 · 58490
- STARLINK-30953 · 58491
- STARLINK-30985 · 58493
- STARLINK-30981 · 58494
- STARLINK-31002 · 58495
Sources & further reading
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