STARLINK-11462 [DTC]

NORAD 62412· COSPAR 2024-249D· Starlink· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 23, 2024 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2 →

Starlink satellite (representative) — Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

No longer in orbit

STARLINK-11462 [DTC] reentered Earth's atmosphere on May 29, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.

Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-05-29 03:12 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

SpaceX

Country

United States

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Launched

Dec 23, 2024

Reentered

May 29, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

225 km

Perigee

200 km

Inclination

42.98°

Period

88.6 min

Part of the Starlink constellation · this satellite is one of 10,866 (planned: 42,000)

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-11462 [DTC] across 1 days of archived orbital elements (3 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-28.6 km

Rate

-25.21 km/day

Now

200 × 225 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 2024-249 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2).

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