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STARLINK-30850 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 58247)

Track STARLINK-30850 (NORAD catalog number 58247) 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 T of 2023's 171st orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2023-171T). It went up together with 21 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 15,751 revolutions of Earth.

Moving at about 7.62 km/s, STARLINK-30850 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 489 × 491 km, completing one revolution every 94.3 minutes — about 15.3 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). 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 339.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.64° per day.

Orbital elements

Orbit regimelow Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude~489 km × 491 km
Inclination43.00°
Orbital period94.3 min (15.28 rev/day)
Eccentricity0.00016
Element set epoch2026-09-07
COSPAR designation2023-171T
NORAD catalog number58247

This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. 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-30850 is one of 10,717 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Starlink operates in low-Earth-orbit shells around 540–570 km. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.

Can you see STARLINK-30850 from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-30850 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 pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.

Related satellites

Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-30850 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:

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