STARLINK-31978
NORAD 60016· COSPAR 2024-111A· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Jun 8, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-1 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 03:01 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jun 8, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
479 km
Perigee
477 km
Inclination
53.16°
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-31978 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
477 × 479 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
19 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-111 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-1).
- STARLINK-31987 · 60017
- STARLINK-31984 · 60018
- STARLINK-31986 · 60019
- STARLINK-31883 · 60020
- STARLINK-31967 · 60021
- STARLINK-31982 · 60022
- STARLINK-31992 · 60023
- STARLINK-31990 · 60024
- STARLINK-31939 · 60026
- STARLINK-32012 · 60027
- STARLINK-32008 · 60028
- STARLINK-32006 · 60029
- STARLINK-32011 · 60030
- STARLINK-31878 · 60031
- STARLINK-32017 · 60032
- STARLINK-32005 · 60034
- STARLINK-31981 · 60035
- STARLINK-31985 · 60036
- STARLINK-31918 · 60037
Sources & further reading
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