Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-35956
DecayedCommunicationsLEONORAD 66629
STARLINK-35956 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on November 23, 2025 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- November 23, 2025 at 08:48 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Starlink Group 11-30
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 198 km
- Periapsis
- 190 km
- Inclination
- 53.12°
- Orbital period
- 88.38 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 575 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 4.1 × 4.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-271N
- NORAD catalog №
- 66629
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 17, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 17, 2026
- Time in service
- 55 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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