STARLINK-1280, 45388

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1280, 45388 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 18 Mar 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

45388, 2020-019AE

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 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)

2020-03-18 (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, 8.86 m

Radar Cross Section

13.562 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1280
1 45388U 20019AE  25128.60316773 -.00000807  00000-0 -35252-4 0  9999
2 45388  53.0548  96.2003 0001628  89.5062 270.6113 15.06398641283738

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:28Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:28:33.691Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

12.38856°

Altitude

548.083 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 24m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

33.02185°

Longitude

160.21013°

Altitude

548.631 km

Speed

7.592 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 41m 59s

Apparent Declination

-9° 57' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:09:14

Azimuth

111.889° ESE

Elevation

9.778°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.614 km

Perigee altitude

546.359 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.623 km

Eccentricity

0.0001628

Inclination

53.0548°

RAAN

96.2003°

Arg. of periapsis

89.5062°

True anomaly

270.59265°

Mean anomaly

270.6113°

Eccentric anomaly

270.60197°

Mean motion

3.76578 °/min

BSTAR

-0.000035252

Orbital period

95.6 mins

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STARLINK-1280 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.
6 mins	2025-05-09 08:32:19.230Z	283.022° WNW	2025-05-09 08:35:19.230Z	235.603° WSW	20.929°	2025-05-09 08:38:19.230Z	182.925° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-10 00:06:19.230Z	213.585° SW	2025-05-10 00:08:19.230Z	151.293° SSE	42.67°	2025-05-10 00:12:19.230Z	55.094° ENE
5 mins	2025-05-10 01:46:19.230Z	295.339° NW	2025-05-10 01:48:19.230Z	336.46° NNW	22.492°	2025-05-10 01:51:19.230Z	28.323° NE
4 mins	2025-05-10 05:08:19.230Z	350.795° N	2025-05-10 05:10:19.230Z	27.647° NE	17.218°	2025-05-10 05:12:19.230Z	59.037° ENE
6 mins	2025-05-10 06:47:19.230Z	318.137° NNW	2025-05-10 06:50:19.230Z	70.688° E	41.78°	2025-05-10 06:53:19.230Z	119.417° SE

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