STARLINK-3656, 51979 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
STARLINK-3656, 51979 was a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 09 Mar 2022 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
SpaceX/Seattle
Mission
Decayed Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
STARLINK, Unknown motor
Mass
297 kg wet, ~275 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan, 10.1 m
Radar Cross Section
13.562 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 months ago
TLE from 9 months ago
0 STARLINK-3656
1 51979U 22025Z 25267.84100080 .06625255 12277-4 85495-3 0 9993
2 51979 53.2066 35.9147 0008105 313.1240 46.9128 16.34906444196414Epoch: 2025-09-24T20:11Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-24T20:11:02.469Z)
Latitude
-0°
Longitude
89.24371°
Altitude
176.704 km
Speed
7.804 km/s
True Right ascension
02h 23m 39s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:27:02
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
184.962 km
Perigee altitude
174.332 km
Semi-major axis
6,557.784 km
Eccentricity
0.00081
Inclination
53.2066°
RAAN
35.9147°
Arg. of periapsis
313.124°
True anomaly
46.98068°
Mean anomaly
46.9128°
Eccentric anomaly
46.94673°
Mean motion
4.08703 °/min
Orbital period
88.08 mins
BSTAR
0.00085495
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Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 2022 (2022-03-09 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.STARLINK-3656 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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