Latitude
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STARLINK-1218
NORAD 45209 · COSPAR 2020-012AH · INACTIVE TLE
Orbit: #1 @ 298 x 305 km x 53.0372 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2022-10-10 17:19 UTC · 35396.1 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestraksup
STARLINK-1218
1 45209C 20012AH 22283.72201389 .00229250 00000-0 72669-3 0 2833
2 45209 53.0372 346.2735 0005545 68.7166 162.9411 15.90236890 13
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 45209C 20012AH 22283.72201389 .00229250 00000-0 72669-3 0 2833
2 45209 53.0372 346.2735 0005545 68.7166 162.9411 15.90236890 13
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
February 17th 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 8 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
SpaceX
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
LEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
SpaceX
Launch mass
227 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
53.0372°
Period
90.55 min
Perigee
298 km
Apogee
305 km
Eccentricity
0.0005545
RAAN
346.2735°
Arg of Perigee
68.7166°
Mean Motion
15.9023689 rev/d