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STARLINK-3005 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 48881)
Track STARLINK-3005 (NORAD catalog number 48881) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object C of 2021's 59th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2021-059C). It went up together with 9 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 29,265 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.58 km/s, STARLINK-3005 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 568 × 572 km, completing one revolution every 95.9 minutes — about 15.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0003). Its 97.3° retrograde, near-polar inclination is characteristic of a Sun-synchronous orbit — the type Earth-imaging and weather satellites use to revisit each spot at the same local solar time. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 52.7°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.94° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~568 km × 572 km |
| Inclination | 97.29° |
| Orbital period | 95.9 min (15.01 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00032 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 2021-059C |
| NORAD catalog number | 48881 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Starlink group
STARLINK-3005 is one of 11,148 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-3005 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-3005 is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-3005 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-2753 (NORAD 48696)
- STARLINK-2616 (NORAD 48695)
- STARLINK-2748 (NORAD 48694)
- STARLINK-2618 (NORAD 48693)
- STARLINK-2752 (NORAD 48692)
- STARLINK-2750 (NORAD 48691)
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