STARLINK AN - Norad ID: 44749
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1044 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK AN |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 704 |
| 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-1044 satellite, also known as Starlink 1044 and designated by NORAD as 44749, was launched on November 11, 2019, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (LC40) aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It is part of SpaceXs Starlink constellation for communication purposes. The satellite has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length and 2.8 meters in diameter with a span of 9 meters due to its solar arrays. Equipped with a dry mass of 248 kilograms, it carries a Ku/Ka-band payload along with optical inter-satellite links on some prototypes. It uses krypton ion thrusters for propulsion and is powered by solar arrays supplemented by batteries. The satellites shape can be described as a box with panels.