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 21 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-30911 2023-178A | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30894 2023-178B | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30910 2023-178C | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30914 2023-178D | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30920 2023-178E | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30882 2023-178F | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30915 2023-178G | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30923 2023-178H | Payload | 438 × 441 km · 53.2° | Globe |
Show all 22 objects
| STARLINK-30927 2023-178J | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30921 2023-178K | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30825 2023-178L | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30930 2023-178M | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30929 2023-178N | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30898 2023-178P | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30913 2023-178Q | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30938 2023-178R | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30868 2023-178S | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30916 2023-178T | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30937 2023-178U | Payload | re-entered 2025-09-25 | |
| STARLINK-30939 2023-178V | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30887 2023-178W | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30934 2023-178X | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2023-178 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).