STARLINK-1168, 45072

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1168, 45072 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

45072, 2020-006AE

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

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 (5 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 14 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1168
1 45072U 20006AE  25199.38978812 -.00000661  00000-0 -25530-4 0  9992
2 45072  53.0541 238.4332 0000898  83.2115 276.8976 15.06394121301425

Epoch: 2025-07-18T09:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T09:21:17.693Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

161.66751°

Altitude

548.034 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 53m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-40.85077°

Longitude

19.38939°

Altitude

561.282 km

Speed

7.58 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 19m 10s

Apparent Declination

-51° 58' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:55:23

Azimuth

233.396° WSW

Elevation

-53.434°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.122 km

Perigee altitude

546.878 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.637 km

Eccentricity

0.00009

Inclination

53.0541°

RAAN

238.4332°

Arg. of periapsis

83.2115°

True anomaly

276.88738°

Mean anomaly

276.8976°

Eccentric anomaly

276.89249°

Mean motion

3.76577 °/min

Orbital period

95.6 mins

BSTAR

-0.00002553

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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-1168 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	2025-07-19 04:36:50.465Z	196.403° SSW	2025-07-19 04:39:50.465Z	145.155° SSE	29.623°	2025-07-19 04:43:50.465Z	66.63° ENE
5 mins	2025-07-19 06:17:50.465Z	279.767° WNW	2025-07-19 06:19:50.465Z	333.675° NNW	30.232°	2025-07-19 06:22:50.465Z	32.654° NE
6 mins	2025-07-19 11:18:50.465Z	329.218° NNW	2025-07-19 11:21:50.465Z	43.503° NE	32.197°	2025-07-19 11:24:50.465Z	99.356° ESE
5 mins	2025-07-19 12:58:50.465Z	277.087° WNW	2025-07-19 13:00:50.465Z	232.967° WSW	26.994°	2025-07-19 13:03:50.465Z	172.466° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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