STARLINK-2046

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite STARLINK-2046 at a glance.

Uptime

1767

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

53.1

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for STARLINK-2046.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: STARLINK-2046

International designator: 2021-005F

Object number (NORAD): 47354

Object ID (CCSDS): 47354

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.592 minutes

Inclination: 53.0545 deg

SMA: 6925.362 km

Apoapsis: 548.207 km

Periapsis: 546.247 km

RAAN: 160.402 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00014155

Argument of periapsis: 90.2179 deg

Mean anomaly: 269.8972 deg

Mean motion: 15.06395617 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.000017 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00013300244 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 20, 2025, 2:25 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 19, 2025, 7:35 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 STARLINK-2046

TLE line 1: 1 47354U 21005F 25323.81611221 .00001700 00000-0 13300-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 47354 53.0545 160.4020 0001416 90.2179 269.8972 15.06395617266965

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite STARLINK-2046.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

STARLINK-2046 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.

The launch took place on Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A.

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Launch to space Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Falcon 9

Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A

Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Latest news about this satellite

News about space launch
SpaceX set to launch first Starlink mission of 2021

As the second SpaceX launch of the year, and the first of many Starlink missions scheduled to launch in 2021, the company is set to launch the Starlink v1.0 L16 mission — the 16th launch of operational satellites and 17th Starlink flight overall.

News about space launch
SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2021

As the second SpaceX launch of the year, and the first of many Starlink missions scheduled to launch in 2021, the company launched the Starlink v1.0 L16 mission — the 16th launch of operational satellites and 17th Starlink flight overall.

News about space launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces eighth launch and “envelope expansion” landing

SpaceX has successfully completed the first of dozens of Starlink launches planned in 2021, simultaneously crushing multiple rocket reusability records and completing...


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