STARLINK-1629, 46150

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1629, 46150 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

46150, 2020-057AK

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

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)

2020-08-18 (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-1629
1 46150U 20057AK  25241.27227054  .00112788  00000-0  33753-2 0  9993
2 46150  53.0366  81.6088 0002041  65.7890 294.3324 15.33678265277339

Epoch: 2025-08-29T06:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-29T06:32:04.174Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

5.8681°

Altitude

465.162 km

Speed

7.635 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 26m 26s

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

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Local Sidereal Time

18:15:25

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

466.523 km

Perigee altitude

463.729 km

Semi-major axis

6,843.263 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

53.0366°

RAAN

81.6088°

Arg. of periapsis

65.789°

True anomaly

294.31109°

Mean anomaly

294.3324°

Eccentric anomaly

294.32174°

Mean motion

3.83397 °/min

Orbital period

93.9 mins

BSTAR

0.0033753

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STARLINK-1607, 46145 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1608, 46146

STARLINK-1611, 46147 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1616, 46148 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1620, 46149 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1631, 46151 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1634, 46152 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1636, 46153

STARLINK-1642, 46154

STARLINK-1629 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	2025-08-30 15:32:41.356Z	208.409° SW	2025-08-30 15:35:41.356Z	118.944° SE	37.193°	2025-08-30 15:38:41.356Z	60.429° ENE
4 mins	2025-08-30 17:11:41.356Z	295.002° NW	2025-08-30 17:13:41.356Z	344.272° N	21.709°	2025-08-30 17:15:41.356Z	23.083° NE
5 mins	2025-08-30 22:07:41.356Z	335.114° NNW	2025-08-30 22:09:41.356Z	51.038° ENE	34.638°	2025-08-30 22:12:41.356Z	108.161° ESE