{"id":592834,"date":"2026-09-07T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/592834\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:16:15","slug":"starlink-hits-11124-active-after-group-15-24-x-report-7-sep-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/592834\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Hits 11,124 Active After Group 15-24, X Report 7 Sep 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest Developments<\/p>\n

SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Space Safety<\/p>\n

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<\/a> predictions, consistent with SpaceX\u2019s ongoing practice of deorbiting end-of-life vehicles on controlled or semi-controlled trajectories.<\/p>\n

Risk
\nStarlink Sat
\nOther Object
\nStatus
\nMin Range (km)
\nRel Speed (km\/s)
\nMax Prob
\nTime of Closest Approach<\/p>\n

HIGH
\nSTARLINK-5036<\/a>
\nSTARLINK-34434
\nOperational
\n0.016
\n13.155
\n1 (suspect)
\nSep 10, 08:29 UTC<\/p>\n

HIGH
\nSTARLINK-36306<\/a>
\nTRANSPORTER-1 OBJECT AA
\nNon-operational
\n0.01
\n2.448
\n1 (suspect)
\nSep 10, 06:23 UTC<\/p>\n

MODERATE
\nSTARLINK-34154<\/a>
\nOBJECT F
\nOperational
\n0.029
\n7.342
\n0.1207
\nSep 7, 16:57 UTC<\/p>\n

LOW
\nSTARLINK-4725<\/a>
\nJILIN-1 GAOFEN 2B
\nOperational
\n0.026
\n14.571
\n0.0846
\nSep 11, 12:20 UTC<\/p>\n

LOW
\nSTARLINK-31632<\/a>
\nSKYKRAFT-1A
\nOperational
\n0.033
\n10.641
\n0.08268
\nSep 11, 05:38 UTC<\/p>\n

LOW
\nSTARLINK-38246<\/a>
\nSTARLINK-38314
\nOperational
\n0.046
\n15.236
\n0.07614
\nSep 9, 19:11 UTC<\/p>\n

LOW
\nSTARLINK-35200<\/a>
\nSPACEMOBILE-001 DEB
\nNon-operational
\n0.037
\n8.152
\n0.0753
\nSep 8, 14:25 UTC<\/p>\n

LOW
\nSTARLINK-38225<\/a>
\nSTARLINK-37944
\nOperational
\n0.052
\n14.424
\n0.07328
\nSep 10, 09:12 UTC<\/p>\n

Satellite
\nNORAD ID
\nPredicted Decay
\nWindow (min)
\nInclination
\nLat
\nLon<\/p>\n

STARLINK-2401<\/a>
\n47818
\nSep 7, 16:49 UTC
\n240
\n53\u00b0
\n-26.6\u00b0
\n41.2\u00b0<\/p>\n

STARLINK-2169<\/a>
\n47752
\nSep 9, 10:37 UTC
\n840
\n53.1\u00b0
\n8.7\u00b0
\n45.4\u00b0<\/p>\n

STARLINK-32559<\/a>
\n61915
\nSep 10, 15:51 UTC
\n1440
\n43\u00b0
\n-42.2\u00b0
\n345.4\u00b0<\/p>\n

Detailed Coverage
\nFalcon 9 Delivers 27 More Starlink Satellites<\/p>\n

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\u2019s space brief<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full story: Space.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Constellation Status<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Total Launched: 12935
\nTotal On Orbit: 11139
\nTotal Working: 11124<\/p>\n

Track Starlink satellites in real-time: Track Starlink<\/a><\/p>\n

Wondering about the totals? See how many Starlink satellites are in orbit<\/a>, updated daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Developments SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from the East Coast on September 6,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-592834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}