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 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-31603 2024-046A | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31602 2024-046B | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31577 2024-046C | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31522 2024-046D | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31586 2024-046E | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31247 2024-046F | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31591 2024-046G | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31576 2024-046H | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
Show all 23 objects
| STARLINK-31601 2024-046J | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31520 2024-046K | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31496 2024-046L | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31492 2024-046M | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31517 2024-046N | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31604 2024-046P | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31434 2024-046Q | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31417 2024-046R | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31499 2024-046S | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31421 2024-046T | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31518 2024-046U | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31523 2024-046V | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31516 2024-046W | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31490 2024-046X | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31420 2024-046Y | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-046 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).