Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-5596
DecayedCommunicationsLEO
STARLINK-5596 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on February 2, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 2, 2023 at 07:58 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Starlink Group 5-3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 193 km
- Periapsis
- 183 km
- Inclination
- 42.99°
- Orbital period
- 88.26 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 260 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-015AD
- NORAD catalog №
- 55476
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 27, 2023
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 27, 2023
- Time in service
- 237 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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