Latest Developments
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from the East Coast on September 6, with the booster landing on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You. The constellation now stands at 12,935 launched, 11,139 in orbit, and 11,124 operational.
Space Safety
Eight Starlink satellites appear in the current SOCRATES top-probability conjunction list, though none reach the high-risk threshold and two of the eight carry suspect upstream data (likely stale or erroneous TLEs). Three Starlink satellites have active reentry predictions, consistent with SpaceX’s ongoing practice of deorbiting end-of-life vehicles on controlled or semi-controlled trajectories.
Risk
Starlink Sat
Other Object
Status
Min Range (km)
Rel Speed (km/s)
Max Prob
Time of Closest Approach
HIGH
STARLINK-5036
STARLINK-34434
Operational
0.016
13.155
1 (suspect)
Sep 10, 08:29 UTC
HIGH
STARLINK-36306
TRANSPORTER-1 OBJECT AA
Non-operational
0.01
2.448
1 (suspect)
Sep 10, 06:23 UTC
MODERATE
STARLINK-34154
OBJECT F
Operational
0.029
7.342
0.1207
Sep 7, 16:57 UTC
LOW
STARLINK-4725
JILIN-1 GAOFEN 2B
Operational
0.026
14.571
0.0846
Sep 11, 12:20 UTC
LOW
STARLINK-31632
SKYKRAFT-1A
Operational
0.033
10.641
0.08268
Sep 11, 05:38 UTC
LOW
STARLINK-38246
STARLINK-38314
Operational
0.046
15.236
0.07614
Sep 9, 19:11 UTC
LOW
STARLINK-35200
SPACEMOBILE-001 DEB
Non-operational
0.037
8.152
0.0753
Sep 8, 14:25 UTC
LOW
STARLINK-38225
STARLINK-37944
Operational
0.052
14.424
0.07328
Sep 10, 09:12 UTC
Satellite
NORAD ID
Predicted Decay
Window (min)
Inclination
Lat
Lon
STARLINK-2401
47818
Sep 7, 16:49 UTC
240
53°
-26.6°
41.2°
STARLINK-2169
47752
Sep 9, 10:37 UTC
840
53.1°
8.7°
45.4°
STARLINK-32559
61915
Sep 10, 15:51 UTC
1440
43°
-42.2°
345.4°
Detailed Coverage
Falcon 9 Delivers 27 More Starlink Satellites
SpaceX added another 27 Starlink satellites to the constellation on September 6, continuing the steady cadence of Group 15 deployment flights. The first stage landed successfully on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic. We covered this launch in today’s space brief.
Read the full story: Space.com
Constellation Status
SpaceX added 54 satellites in two launches since the last update: Starlink Group 15-23 and Starlink Group 15-24. Of those, 46 have reached working status, bringing the operational count to 11,124 out of 11,139 in orbit. Eight older satellites reentered during the same period, putting total decays at 1,796 out of 12,935 launched.
Total Launched: 12935
Total On Orbit: 11139
Total Working: 11124
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