STARLINK-1107, 44972

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1107, 44972 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 07 Jan 2020 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

44972, 2020-001BL

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

21 hours ago

Origin

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX/Seattle

Mission

Partially operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STARLINK, Unknown motor

Mass

260 kg wet, ~248 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-01-07 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 4.4 m

Radar Cross Section

13.562 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1107
1 44972U 20001BL  25221.14755077  .00062913  00000-0  11360-2 0  9991
2 44972  53.0163 125.3478 0000495 253.7354 106.3599 15.49158149309151

Epoch: 2025-08-09T03:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-09T03:32:28.386Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

114.3421°

Altitude

420.174 km

Speed

7.66 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 21m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-29.03776°

Longitude

-45.30022°

Altitude

427.358 km

Speed

7.655 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 59m 03s

Apparent Declination

-40° 48' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:50:40

Azimuth

105.755° ESE

Elevation

-57.626°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

419.806 km

Perigee altitude

419.133 km

Semi-major axis

6,797.606 km

Eccentricity

0.00005

Inclination

53.0163°

RAAN

125.3478°

Arg. of periapsis

253.7354°

True anomaly

106.36534°

Mean anomaly

106.3599°

Eccentric anomaly

106.36262°

Mean motion

3.87266 °/min

Orbital period

92.96 mins

BSTAR

0.001136

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Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 2020 (2020-01-07 UTC)

STARLINK-1073, 44914 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1082, 44938 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1083, 44939 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1091, 44940

STARLINK-1094, 44941

STARLINK-1096, 44942

STARLINK-1100, 44943 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1108, 44944 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1109, 44945 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1110, 44946 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1116, 44947 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1118, 44948 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1122, 44949

STARLINK-1125, 44950 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1126, 44951 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1107 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2025-08-10 01:40:08.303Z	348.058° N	2025-08-10 01:42:08.303Z	31.054° NE	16.764°	2025-08-10 01:44:08.303Z	68.188° E
5 mins	2025-08-10 03:17:08.303Z	303.39° NW	2025-08-10 03:19:08.303Z	169.403° S	42.84°	2025-08-10 03:22:08.303Z	135.936° SSE
5 mins	2025-08-10 19:59:08.303Z	223.37° SW	2025-08-10 20:01:08.303Z	166.988° S	44.287°	2025-08-10 20:04:08.303Z	52.932° ENE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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