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STARLINK-30861 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 58230)
Track STARLINK-30861 (NORAD catalog number 58230) 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 has been on orbit since 2023, launched on the 171st orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2023-171A). It went up together with 21 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.67 km/s, STARLINK-30861 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 426 × 454 km, completing one revolution every 93.2 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0020). Its 43.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 83.2°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.79° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~426 km × 454 km |
| Inclination | 42.99° |
| Orbital period | 93.2 min (15.45 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00201 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-171A |
| NORAD catalog number | 58230 |
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-30861 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-30861 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-30861 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-30861 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-30867 (NORAD 58231)
- STARLINK-30871 (NORAD 58228)
- STARLINK-30880 (NORAD 58232)
- STARLINK-30874 (NORAD 58227)
- STARLINK-30777 (NORAD 58233)
- STARLINK-30865 (NORAD 58226)
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