STARLINK-32659

NORAD 62427· COSPAR 2024-249U· 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 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 08:05 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

SpaceX

Country

United States

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Launched

Dec 23, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

493 km

Perigee

492 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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARLINK-32659 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

492 × 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

18 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-249 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2).

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