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 20 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-11518 [DTC] 2024-254A | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11455 [DTC] 2024-254B | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11459 [DTC] 2024-254C | Payload | re-entered 2026-01-02 | |
| STARLINK-11178 [DTC] 2024-254D | Payload | 355 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11506 [DTC] 2024-254E | Payload | 354 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11486 [DTC] 2024-254F | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11511 [DTC] 2024-254G | Payload | 354 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11505 [DTC] 2024-254H | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
Show all 21 objects
| STARLINK-11497 [DTC] 2024-254J | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11477 [DTC] 2024-254K | Payload | 354 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11500 [DTC] 2024-254L | Payload | 356 × 357 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11464 [DTC] 2024-254M | Payload | 355 × 358 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11502 [DTC] 2024-254N | Payload | 354 × 359 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32657 2024-254P | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32734 2024-254Q | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32733 2024-254R | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32707 2024-254S | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32705 2024-254T | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32743 2024-254U | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32753 2024-254V | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32699 2024-254W | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-254 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).