Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARLINK-11444 [DTC] 2024-249A | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11493 [DTC] 2024-249B | Payload | 351 × 353 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11453 [DTC] 2024-249C | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11462 [DTC] 2024-249D | Payload | re-entered 2026-05-29 | |
| STARLINK-11441 [DTC] 2024-249E | Payload | 353 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11445 [DTC] 2024-249F | Payload | 353 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11355 [DTC] 2024-249G | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11446 [DTC] 2024-249H | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
Show all 21 objects
| STARLINK-11428 [DTC] 2024-249J | Payload | 354 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11447 [DTC] 2024-249K | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11439 [DTC] 2024-249L | Payload | re-entered 2026-02-13 | |
| STARLINK-11434 [DTC] 2024-249M | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11461 [DTC] 2024-249N | Payload | 354 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32692 2024-249P | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32680 2024-249Q | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32638 2024-249R | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32283 2024-249S | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32676 2024-249T | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32659 2024-249U | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32614 2024-249V | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32418 2024-249W | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-249 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).