Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
A batch of 22 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-31233 2024-017A | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31271 2024-017B | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31222 2024-017C | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31258 2024-017D | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31253 2024-017E | Payload | 470 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31232 2024-017F | Payload | 470 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31263 2024-017G | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31175 2024-017H | Payload | re-entered 2025-02-04 |
Show all 22 objects
| STARLINK-31171 2024-017J | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31246 2024-017K | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31251 2024-017L | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31172 2024-017M | Payload | re-entered 2025-04-05 | |
| STARLINK-31249 2024-017N | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31250 2024-017P | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31248 2024-017Q | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31236 2024-017R | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31228 2024-017S | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31280 2024-017T | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31269 2024-017U | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31264 2024-017V | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31273 2024-017W | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31262 2024-017X | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-017 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).