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-11072 [DTC] 2024-002A | Payload | 359 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11075 [DTC] 2024-002B | Payload | 303 × 310 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11077 [DTC] 2024-002C | Payload | 359 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11079 [DTC] 2024-002D | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11076 [DTC] 2024-002E | Payload | 359 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11078 [DTC] 2024-002F | Payload | 359 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31031 2024-002G | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31029 2024-002H | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
Show all 21 objects
| STARLINK-30973 2024-002J | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31100 2024-002K | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31102 2024-002L | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31098 2024-002M | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31093 2024-002N | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31097 2024-002P | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31051 2024-002Q | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31027 2024-002R | Payload | re-entered 2026-09-22 | |
| STARLINK-30972 2024-002S | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31040 2024-002T | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-31033 2024-002U | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30893 2024-002V | Payload | 462 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-30856 2024-002W | Payload | 464 × 466 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-002 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).