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STARLINK-38093

NORAD 69980· COSPAR 2026-159F· Starlink· SSO
Starlink satellite (representative)
Representative Starlink image · Official SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:24 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
SpaceX
Country
United States
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launched
Jul 11, 2026
Mass
Apogee
349 km
Perigee
346 km
Inclination
97.28°
Period
1.52 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-38093 across 56 days of archived orbital elements (57 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Raising
Change
+73.7 km
Rate
+1.32 km/day
Now
346 × 349 km
311350273Jul 15Sep 9
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 2026-159.

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