Starship Flight 13 to Deploy First Starlink V3 Sats | KeepTrack X Report
Starship Flight 13 launches first Starlink V3 satellites as SpaceX nears 10,839 working satellites in orbit across the Starlink fleet.
Launch Date
August 13, 1965
Launch Site
AFWTR
Launch Pad
75-1-1
Launch Vehicle
Thor Ablestar
NORAD ID
01514
International Designator
1965-065F
Epoch
Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:11:14 GMT
Apogee
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Perigee
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Inclination
90.00°
Right Ascension
227.89°
Eccentricity
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Argument of Perigee
112.53°
Period
107.84 min
Mean Motion
13.35 rev/day
Latitude
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Longitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Name
OPS 8464 (TRANSIT 5B-7)
Alternative Name
NNS 30050
Type
Status
Owner
BUWEPS
Country
United States
Constellation
N/A
Related Satellites
Major Events
N/A
1 01514U 65065F 26185.09114420 .00000094 00000-0 16338-3 0 9993
2 01514 89.9956 227.8949 0072125 112.5347 276.7605 13.35373420963529
Source: Celestrak
Apologies, there is no summary for this satellite yet. I am working to generate these for every object in the catalog, but it is going to take time.
Length
0.3
Diameter
0.5
Span
30
Dry Mass
54
Launch Mass
54
Shape
Oct Cyl + 4 Pan + Ant
Radar Cross Section
1.4572
Visual Magnitude
Unknown
Color
Unknown
Material Composition
Unknown
Payload
NNS O-5
Purpose
Navigation
Mission
Navigation
Manufacturer
NAFI
Life Expectancy
Unknown
Bus
Transit 5
Configuration
Transit-Bus, Gravity Stabilized
Motor
?
Equipment
?
Power System
4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries
ADCS
Unknown
Transmitter Frequency
Unknown
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