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
Latest
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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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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
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.
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.
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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