Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · LEO
Fifth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. 20 of the 22 satellites launched are actually civilian use Starlink satellites.
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 22 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA 438 2024-225A | Payload | 575 × 579 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| USA 439 2024-225B | Payload | 575 × 579 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32523 2024-225C | Payload | 473 × 476 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32551 2024-225D | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32506 2024-225E | Payload | 471 × 475 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32562 2024-225F | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32558 2024-225G | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32538 2024-225H | Payload | 475 × 480 km · 70.0° | Globe |
Show all 22 objects
| STARLINK-32257 2024-225J | Payload | 447 × 452 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32407 2024-225K | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32575 2024-225L | Payload | 473 × 476 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32552 2024-225M | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32534 2024-225N | Payload | 474 × 480 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32516 2024-225P | Payload | 475 × 479 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32542 2024-225Q | Payload | 472 × 477 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32600 2024-225R | Payload | 475 × 479 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32584 2024-225S | Payload | 475 × 479 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32587 2024-225T | Payload | 448 × 452 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32602 2024-225U | Payload | 475 × 479 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32565 2024-225V | Payload | 474 × 480 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32589 2024-225W | Payload | 475 × 479 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32581 2024-225X | Payload | 473 × 476 km · 70.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-225 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).