STARLINK-36979
NORAD 67996· COSPAR 2026-039L· Starlink· LEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 27, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-108 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 23:37 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Feb 27, 2026
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-36979 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
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 2026-039 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-108).
- STARLINK-36535 · 67986
- STARLINK-36953 · 68010
- STARLINK-36991 · 68011
- STARLINK-36936 · 68012
- STARLINK-36967 · 68013
- STARLINK-36985 · 68014
- STARLINK-36744 · 67987
- STARLINK-36734 · 67988
- STARLINK-36957 · 67989
- STARLINK-36951 · 67990
- STARLINK-36941 · 67991
- STARLINK-36950 · 67992
- STARLINK-36975 · 67993
- STARLINK-36993 · 67994
- STARLINK-36968 · 67995
- STARLINK-36994 · 67997
- STARLINK-36988 · 67998
- STARLINK-36926 · 67999
- STARLINK-36931 · 68000
- STARLINK-36903 · 68001
- STARLINK-36898 · 68002
- STARLINK-36862 · 68003
- STARLINK-36888 · 68004
- STARLINK-36910 · 68005
…and 4 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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