Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-5563
DecayedCommunicationsLEONORAD 56135
STARLINK-5563 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on March 29, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 29, 2023 at 08:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Starlink Group 5-10
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 192 km
- Periapsis
- 192 km
- Inclination
- 42.98°
- Orbital period
- 88.33 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 305 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Dimensions
- 0.2 × 2.8 × 2.8 m
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-046AV
- NORAD catalog №
- 56135
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 4, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 4, 2024
- Time in service
- 1.1 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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