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Satellite · NORAD 47621 · COSPAR 2021-012B

STARLINK-1609

ActivePayloadLEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

395.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.67km/s

Inclination

53.15°

Period

92.5 min

92.5 min

Perigee

392km

Apogee

398km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 02:45 UTC (16.9 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

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Latitude
7.847° S
Longitude
31.538° W
Altitude
395.1 km
Velocity
7.675 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 02:45 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Partially operational [P]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Starlink via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • STARLINK-1609Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SpaceX
SATCAT owner code
US · United States
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
16 Feb 2021
COSPAR launch id
2021-012
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2021-012 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner Code∅ → USCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
47621
COSPAR / international designator
2021-012B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX3DZ28FSVTBZFJHN51
Canonical slug
starlink-1609-47621

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.