STARLINK Y - Norad ID: 44735
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1030 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK Y |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 2139 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 547 km |
| Apogee | 548 km |
The STARLINK-1030 satellite, also known as Starlink 1030, is an object identified under NORAD catalog ID 44735 and designated OBJECT_ID 2019-074Y. It was manufactured by SpaceX (SPXS) and launched on November 11, 2019, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The satellite is part of the Starlink constellation designed for communication purposes. With dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 2.8 meters in diameter, and 9 meters in span, it has a dry mass of 248 kilograms and launched with a total mass of 260 kilograms. It is powered by solar arrays and batteries and equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload capabilities as well as optical inter-satellite links for some prototypes. The satellite uses krypton ion thrusters for propulsion and its shape is described as box + pan.