Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
A batch of 24 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 23 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-30996 2024-038A | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31006 2024-038B | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31178 2024-038C | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31227 2024-038D | Payload | re-entered 2026-01-28 | |
| STARLINK-30863 2024-038E | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31206 2024-038F | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31224 2024-038G | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31186 2024-038H | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
Show all 24 objects
| STARLINK-31211 2024-038J | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30862 2024-038K | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31210 2024-038L | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31231 2024-038M | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31207 2024-038N | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31217 2024-038P | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31208 2024-038Q | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31235 2024-038R | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31220 2024-038S | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31225 2024-038T | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31240 2024-038U | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31202 2024-038V | Payload | 492 × 494 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31234 2024-038W | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31153 2024-038X | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31241 2024-038Y | Payload | 483 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31205 2024-038Z | Payload | 482 × 484 km · 43.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-038 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).