STARLINK-35868
NORAD 66579· COSPAR 2025-268Y· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 21, 2025 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-78 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 02:49 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Nov 21, 2025
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-35868 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 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
28 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-268 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-78).
- STARLINK-35699 · 66557
- STARLINK-35744 · 66581
- STARLINK-35746 · 66582
- STARLINK-35941 · 66583
- STARLINK-35939 · 66584
- STARLINK-35963 · 66585
- STARLINK-35695 · 66558
- STARLINK-35419 · 66559
- STARLINK-35411 · 66560
- STARLINK-35305 · 66561
- STARLINK-35579 · 66562
- STARLINK-35437 · 66563
- STARLINK-35358 · 66564
- STARLINK-35893 · 66565
- STARLINK-35871 · 66566
- STARLINK-35825 · 66567
- STARLINK-35803 · 66568
- STARLINK-35835 · 66569
- STARLINK-35834 · 66570
- STARLINK-35836 · 66571
- STARLINK-35870 · 66572
- STARLINK-35650 · 66573
- STARLINK-35812 · 66574
- STARLINK-35810 · 66575
…and 4 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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