Key statistics
Satellite STARLINK-5686 at a glance.
Uptime
821
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
43.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for STARLINK-5686.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: STARLINK-5686
International designator: 2023-015B
Object number (NORAD): 55450
Object ID (CCSDS): 55450
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.838 minutes
Inclination: 43.003 deg
SMA: 6937.199 km
Apoapsis: 559.741 km
Periapsis: 558.388 km
RAAN: 214.9981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000975
Argument of periapsis: 262.4473 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.6259 deg
Mean motion: 15.02541563 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000887 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00008068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 2, 2025, 10:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 STARLINK-5686
TLE line 1: 1 55450U 23015B 25122.94031164 .00000887 00000-0 80680-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 55450 43.0030 214.9981 0000975 262.4473 97.6259 15.02541563124944
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite STARLINK-5686.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A batch of 53 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
STARLINK-5686 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-3’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 2, 2023, 7:58 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 2, 2023, 7:58 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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