Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
A batch of 20 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-11394 [DTC] 2024-231A | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11490 [DTC] 2024-231B | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11466 [DTC] 2024-231C | Payload | 358 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11468 [DTC] 2024-231D | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11488 [DTC] 2024-231E | Payload | 358 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11483 [DTC] 2024-231F | Payload | 357 × 362 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11492 [DTC] 2024-231G | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11471 [DTC] 2024-231H | Payload | 358 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
Show all 20 objects
| STARLINK-11475 [DTC] 2024-231J | Payload | 359 × 359 km · 53.1° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11469 [DTC] 2024-231K | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11476 [DTC] 2024-231L | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11485 [DTC] 2024-231M | Payload | 359 × 360 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-11481 [DTC] 2024-231N | Payload | 358 × 361 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32650 2024-231P | Payload | 470 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32636 2024-231Q | Payload | 461 × 464 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32643 2024-231R | Payload | 470 × 471 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32652 2024-231S | Payload | 470 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32631 2024-231T | Payload | 470 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32641 2024-231U | Payload | 462 × 463 km · 53.2° | Globe |
| STARLINK-32632 2024-231V | Payload | 469 × 472 km · 53.2° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2024-231 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).