STARLINK-2496

NORAD 48486 · COSPAR 2021-040BL · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

STARLINK-2496 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #18028 @ 196 x 206 km x 53.0242 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-08-01 14:52 UTC Â· 19341.5 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

STARLINK-2496
1 48486U 21040BL 24214.61987356 .17364081 12127-4 48863-2 0 9993
2 48486 53.0242 247.4179 0007328 1.2118 94.2785 16.26924491180283

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 9th 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

SpaceX

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

SpaceX

Launch mass

260 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

53.0242Â°

Period

88.51 min

Perigee

196 km

Apogee

206 km

Eccentricity

0.0007328

RAAN

247.4179Â°

Arg of Perigee

1.2118Â°

Mean Motion

16.26924491 rev/d