STARLINK-2253

NORAD 48596 · 2021-041AV

PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN

§ Identity

Operator: —
Country: US
Launch date: 2021-05-15
Launch site: AFETR
Launch vehicle: —
Mass (kg): —
RCS (m²): —

Purposes: comms

External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter

§ Orbital elements

Epoch: 2026-09-19T17:33:29.799360Z

Period: 94.01 min
Inclination: 53.1594°
Eccentricity: 0.0001430
Mean motion: 15.31698348 rev/d
Perigee alt: 469.8 km
Apogee alt: 471.7 km
Semi-major: 6,848.9 km
B*: -3.8987e-5
RAAN: 316.5228°
Arg perigee: 97.7391°
Mean anomaly: 262.3773°
Rev number: 29,528

§ Raw data

STARLINK-22531 48596U 21041AV  26262.73159490 -.00001575  00000+0 -38987-4 0  99942 48596  53.1594 316.5228 0001430  97.7391 262.3773 15.31698348295286

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/48596 · /tle

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