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 21 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-11602 [DTC] 2025-048A | Payload | 354 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11617 [DTC] 2025-048B | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11618 [DTC] 2025-048C | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11646 [DTC] 2025-048D | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11622 [DTC] 2025-048E | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11642 [DTC] 2025-048F | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11639 [DTC] 2025-048G | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11637 [DTC] 2025-048H | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
Show all 21 objects
| STARLINK-11647 [DTC] 2025-048J | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11643 [DTC] 2025-048K | Payload | 353 × 360 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11635 [DTC] 2025-048L | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11636 [DTC] 2025-048M | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11631 [DTC] 2025-048N | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32946 2025-048P | Payload | 483 × 483 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32960 2025-048Q | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32904 2025-048R | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32931 2025-048S | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32934 2025-048T | Payload | 483 × 483 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32938 2025-048U | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32935 2025-048V | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32930 2025-048W | Payload | 480 × 486 km · 43.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2025-048 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).