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-30514 2023-156A | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30518 2023-156B | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30549 2023-156C | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30556 2023-156D | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30561 2023-156E | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30562 2023-156F | Payload | 461 × 465 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30565 2023-156G | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30438 2023-156H | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
Show all 21 objects
| STARLINK-30437 2023-156J | Payload | 464 × 466 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30533 2023-156K | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30560 2023-156L | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30559 2023-156M | Payload | re-entered 2026-03-19 | |
| STARLINK-30555 2023-156N | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30542 2023-156P | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30563 2023-156Q | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30564 2023-156R | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30547 2023-156S | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30550 2023-156T | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30548 2023-156U | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30529 2023-156V | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30554 2023-156W | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2023-156 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).