STARLINK-1661, 46355

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1661, 46355 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 03 Sep 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

46355, 2020-062AG

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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)

2020-09-03 (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 12 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1661
1 46355U 20062AG  25128.70913777  .00000020  00000-0  20259-4 0  9996
2 46355  53.0550 305.7309 0001417  95.8533 264.2618 15.06407639258348

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:01Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:01:09.503Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-176.33442°

Altitude

548.166 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 22m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.41877°

Longitude

2.49128°

Altitude

548.164 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 35m 25s

Apparent Declination

-30° 40' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:06:41

Azimuth

257.392° W

Elevation

-35.677°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.44 km

Perigee altitude

546.477 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.596 km

Eccentricity

0.0001417

Inclination

53.055°

RAAN

305.7309°

Arg. of periapsis

95.8533°

True anomaly

264.24564°

Mean anomaly

264.2618°

Eccentric anomaly

264.25372°

Mean motion

3.7658 °/min

BSTAR

0.000020259

Orbital period

95.6 mins

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Other satellites on launch #62 in the year 2020 (2020-09-03 UTC)

STARLINK-1734, 46325

STARLINK-1575, 46349

STARLINK-1617, 46350 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1690, 46358 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1707, 46359

STARLINK-1713, 46360

STARLINK-1722, 46361 (Decayed)

STARLINK-1726, 46362

STARLINK-1661 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	2025-05-09 13:52:06.359Z	204.968° SW	2025-05-09 13:56:06.359Z	125.903° SE	34.088°	2025-05-09 13:59:06.359Z	65.926° ENE
6 mins	2025-05-09 15:33:06.359Z	278.011° WNW	2025-05-09 15:35:06.359Z	318.238° NNW	27.109°	2025-05-09 15:39:06.359Z	34.583° NE
6 mins	2025-05-09 20:35:06.359Z	330.918° NNW	2025-05-09 20:37:06.359Z	22.356° NNE	35.353°	2025-05-09 20:41:06.359Z	107.361° ESE
4 mins	2025-05-09 22:15:06.359Z	264.879° W	2025-05-09 22:17:06.359Z	219.356° SW	22.945°	2025-05-09 22:19:06.359Z	183.084° SSW

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