In orbitDebris

FALCON 9 DEB

NORAD: 48837
COSPAR: 2021-041BL

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Spacecraft

Built by: SpaceX (Seattle)
Owner: SpaceX (Seattle)
Mass at launch: 50 kg
Dry mass: 50 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2 m
Shape: Cyl?

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S48837, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2021-05-15
Rocket: Falcon 9 FT5
Flight: Starlink-29 (N28)
Mission name: Starlink V1.0-L26
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39A
Launched by: SpaceX
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2021-041

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2021-041, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2021-05-15
Period: 95.1 min
Inclination: 53.03°
Apogee: 533 km
Perigee: 517 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: FALCON 9 DEB (NORAD 48607)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris5 in total, 5 still in orbit
Payload54 in total, 33 still in orbit