Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
A batch of 23 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-31189 2024-012A | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31185 2024-012B | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31166 2024-012C | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31187 2024-012D | Payload | 483 × 483 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31162 2024-012E | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31194 2024-012F | Payload | re-entered 2024-06-06 | |
| STARLINK-31184 2024-012G | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31192 2024-012H | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
Show all 23 objects
| STARLINK-31161 2024-012J | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31195 2024-012K | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31193 2024-012L | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31168 2024-012M | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31154 2024-012N | Payload | re-entered 2024-08-30 | |
| STARLINK-31191 2024-012P | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31170 2024-012Q | Payload | 483 × 483 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31173 2024-012R | Payload | re-entered 2025-03-11 | |
| STARLINK-31141 2024-012S | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31188 2024-012T | Payload | 483 × 483 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31105 2024-012U | Payload | re-entered 2024-09-01 | |
| STARLINK-31138 2024-012V | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31163 2024-012W | Payload | 471 × 476 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31174 2024-012X | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31169 2024-012Y | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-012 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).