STARLINK-1606, 46144

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1606, 46144 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 18 Aug 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

46144, 2020-057AD

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)

2020-08-18 (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, 4.4 m

Radar Cross Section

13.562 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 20 hours ago

TLE from 20 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1606
1 46144U 20057AD  25241.27037174 -.00000664  00000-0 -25685-4 0  9996
2 46144  53.0556  80.4248 0001194  90.6959 269.4166 15.06383518265595

Epoch: 2025-08-29T06:29Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-29T06:29:20.118Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

5.36949°

Altitude

548.15 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 21m 41s

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

18:20:05

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.36 km

Perigee altitude

546.706 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.67 km

Eccentricity

0.00012

Inclination

53.0556°

RAAN

80.4248°

Arg. of periapsis

90.6959°

True anomaly

269.40292°

Mean anomaly

269.4166°

Eccentric anomaly

269.40976°

Mean motion

3.76574 °/min

Orbital period

95.6 mins

BSTAR

-0.000025685

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Other satellites on launch #57 in the year 2020 (2020-08-18 UTC)

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STARLINK-1607, 46145 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1608, 46146

STARLINK-1611, 46147 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1616, 46148 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1620, 46149 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1629, 46150

STARLINK-1631, 46151 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1634, 46152 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1636, 46153

STARLINK-1642, 46154

STARLINK-1606 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.
4 mins	2025-08-30 14:29:20.400Z	157.669° S	2025-08-30 14:31:20.400Z	125.368° SE	15.399°	2025-08-30 14:33:20.400Z	93.639° ESE
7 mins	2025-08-30 16:07:20.400Z	240.081° WSW	2025-08-30 16:10:20.400Z	317.671° NNW	43.145°	2025-08-30 16:14:20.400Z	46.256° ENE
4 mins	2025-08-30 17:49:20.400Z	319.398° NNW	2025-08-30 17:50:20.400Z	338.12° N	17.73°	2025-08-30 17:53:20.400Z	26.232° NE
5 mins	2025-08-30 21:10:20.400Z	348.184° N	2025-08-30 21:12:20.400Z	30.639° NE	21.991°	2025-08-30 21:15:20.400Z	78.843° E
6 mins	2025-08-30 22:49:20.400Z	302.555° NW	2025-08-30 22:52:20.400Z	178.823° S	41.915°	2025-08-30 22:55:20.400Z	140.212° SSE