▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	VLEO
Inclination	53.0367°
Eccentricity	0.0002286
Period	91.3 min
Apogee	338 km
Perigee	335 km
Mean motion	15.77895326 rev/day
RAAN	262.9979°
Arg of perigee	31.2418°
Mean anomaly	328.8737°
B*	3.9081e-4
Rev at epoch	34,868

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 45408U 20019BA 26188.19307574 .00067250 00000-0 39081-3 0 9998

2 45408 53.0367 262.9979 0002286 31.2418 328.8737 15.77895326348688

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "STARLINK-1278",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2020-019BA",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:38:01.744+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.77895326,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002286,
  "INCLINATION": 53.0367,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 262.9979,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 31.2418,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 328.8737,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 45408,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 34868,
  "BSTAR": 0.00039081,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.0006725,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	STARLINK-1278
Operator	SpaceX (Seattle)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Mar 18, 2020HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	260HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/45408

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.