Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-3004
Partially operationalCommunicationsLEO
STARLINK-3004 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on June 30, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 30, 2021 at 07:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 203 km
- Periapsis
- 190 km
- Inclination
- 97.66°
- Orbital period
- 88.42 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 260 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-059B
- NORAD catalog №
- 48880
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Partially operational
- Decay / reentry
- June 14, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 14, 2026
- Time in service
- 5.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Partially operational
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