STARLINK-34959
NORAD 65246· COSPAR 2025-179M· Starlink· SSO
Launch
Launched on Aug 18, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 16:17 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Aug 18, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
470 km
Perigee
469 km
Inclination
97.28°
Period
1.56 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-34959 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-83.9 km
Rate
-0.81 km/day
Now
469 × 470 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
23 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-179 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5).
- STARLINK-34842 · 65235
- STARLINK-34938 · 65236
- STARLINK-34958 · 65237
- STARLINK-34818 · 65238
- STARLINK-34964 · 65239
- STARLINK-34953 · 65240
- STARLINK-34969 · 65241
- STARLINK-34963 · 65242
- STARLINK-34982 · 65243
- STARLINK-34990 · 65244
- STARLINK-34977 · 65245
- STARLINK-34923 · 65247
- STARLINK-34962 · 65248
- STARLINK-34925 · 65249
- STARLINK-34973 · 65250
- STARLINK-34989 · 65251
- STARLINK-34961 · 65252
- STARLINK-34933 · 65253
- STARLINK-34979 · 65254
- STARLINK-34987 · 65255
- STARLINK-34971 · 65256
- STARLINK-34966 · 65257
- STARLINK-34980 · 65258
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