STARLINK-38020
NORAD 69713· COSPAR 2026-147K· Starlink· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jun 28, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 14:36 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jun 28, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
470 km
Perigee
469 km
Inclination
97.29°
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-38020 across 71 days of archived orbital elements (72 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+201.6 km
Rate
+2.85 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 2026-147 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40).
- STARLINK-38055 · 69704
- STARLINK-37898 · 69705
- STARLINK-37970 · 69706
- STARLINK-37975 · 69707
- STARLINK-37972 · 69708
- STARLINK-37963 · 69709
- STARLINK-37969 · 69710
- STARLINK-37956 · 69711
- STARLINK-38043 · 69712
- STARLINK-38059 · 69714
- STARLINK-38061 · 69715
- STARLINK-38060 · 69716
- STARLINK-38040 · 69717
- STARLINK-37989 · 69718
- STARLINK-38039 · 69719
- STARLINK-38003 · 69720
- STARLINK-38014 · 69721
- STARLINK-37915 · 69722
- STARLINK-38007 · 69723
- STARLINK-38008 · 69724
- STARLINK-38021 · 69725
- STARLINK-38015 · 69726
- STARLINK-38010 · 69727
Sources & further reading
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