Starlink · Communications
STARLINK-5978
DecayedCommunicationsLEO
STARLINK-5978 is a SpaceX communications satellite, part of the Starlink constellation, launched on May 31, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 31, 2023 at 06:02 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Starlink Group 2-10
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 153 km
- Periapsis
- 137 km
- Inclination
- 69.97°
- Orbital period
- 87.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 305 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-078C
- NORAD catalog №
- 56769
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Starlink
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 8, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 8, 2025
- Time in service
- 2.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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