Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-4693
Partially operationalCommunicationsLEO
STARLINK-4693 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on August 28, 2022 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 28, 2022 at 03:41 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Starlink Group 4-23
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 288 km
- Periapsis
- 288 km
- Inclination
- 53.21°
- Orbital period
- 90.28 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 260 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-104T
- NORAD catalog №
- 53605
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Partially operational
- Decay / reentry
- July 4, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 4, 2026
- Time in service
- 3.8 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Partially operational
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