Key statistics
Satellite STARLING 2 at a glance.
Uptime
780
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for STARLING 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: STARLING 2
International designator: 2023-100B
Object number (NORAD): 57387
Object ID (CCSDS): 57387
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.715 minutes
Inclination: 99.4844 deg
SMA: 6931.278 km
Apoapsis: 556.513 km
Periapsis: 549.773 km
RAAN: 194.1077 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00048618
Argument of periapsis: 339.404 deg
Mean anomaly: 20.6984 deg
Mean motion: 15.04467362 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011156 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00080244191 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 STARLING 2
TLE line 1: 1 57387U 23100B 25247.24276064 .00011156 00000-0 80244-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 57387 99.4844 194.1077 0004862 339.4040 20.6984 15.04467362116872
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite STARLING 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The "Baby Come Back" mission includes NASA's Starling project, which consists of four CubeSats designed to test technologies for future swarm missions. Telesat contributes the LEO 3 demonstration satellite, ensuring continuity for customers and ecosystem vendor testing. Additionally, two 3U satellites carrying GNSS-RO payloads from SpinGlobal will replenish their constellation of over 100 multipurpose satellites.
STARLING 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on July 18, 2023, 1:27 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 18, 2023, 1:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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The week of July 16 through July 23 saw four more launches take place around the world, potentially increasing the orbital launch count to 108 so far in 2023. This included Rocket Lab’s launch of the “Baby Come Back” mission (which featured a first stage ...
Rocket Lab launches 7 satellites, recovers first stage booster
The ‘Baby Come Back’ mission successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1B on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 01:27 UTC,...
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