STARLINK-1166, 45060

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1166, 45060 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 29 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

45060, 2020-006S

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX/Seattle

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STARLINK, Unknown motor

Mass

260 kg wet, ~248 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-01-29 (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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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1166
1 45060U 20006S   25243.21006965  .00002303  00000-0  17346-3 0  9990
2 45060  53.0558  61.7149 0001411  85.2521 274.8629 15.06403436307753

Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:02:30.017Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

6.45651°

Altitude

547.998 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 06m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

06:17:03

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.449 km

Perigee altitude

546.494 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.609 km

Eccentricity

0.00014

Inclination

53.0558°

RAAN

61.7149°

Arg. of periapsis

85.2521°

True anomaly

274.84679°

Mean anomaly

274.8629°

Eccentric anomaly

274.85484°

Mean motion

3.76579 °/min

Orbital period

95.6 mins

BSTAR

0.00017346

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Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2020 (2020-01-29 UTC)

STARLINK-1132, 45044

STARLINK-1161, 45068 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1163, 45069 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1164, 45070 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1167, 45071

STARLINK-1168, 45072

STARLINK-1170, 45073 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1172, 45074

STARLINK-1174, 45075 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1180, 45076 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1182, 45077 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1177, 45078 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1149, 45079 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1153, 45080

STARLINK-1151, 45081

STARLINK-1166 Visibility forecast

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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.
7 mins	2025-08-31 14:46:25.056Z	224.831° SW	2025-08-31 14:49:25.056Z	188.038° SSW	44.224°	2025-08-31 14:53:25.056Z	52.155° ENE
5 mins	2025-08-31 16:27:25.056Z	296.666° NW	2025-08-31 16:29:25.056Z	333.94° NNW	20.744°	2025-08-31 16:32:25.056Z	26.106° NE
4 mins	2025-08-31 19:49:25.056Z	348.195° N	2025-08-31 19:51:25.056Z	25.865° NE	18.64°	2025-08-31 19:53:25.056Z	59.926° ENE
6 mins	2025-08-31 21:28:25.056Z	313.405° NW	2025-08-31 21:31:25.056Z	83.435° E	44.078°	2025-08-31 21:34:25.056Z	125.679° SE