STARLINK AZ - Norad ID: 44760
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1055 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK AZ |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 1889 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 546 km |
| Apogee | 548 km |
The Starlink-1055 satellite, also known as Starlink 1055 and designated as OBJECT_ID 2019-074AZ, was launched on November 11, 2019, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Launch Complex 40 using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Manufactured by SpaceX (SPXS), this satellite has a dry mass of 248 kilograms and a launch mass of 260 kilograms. Its dimensions are a length of 0.2 meters, diameter of 2.8 meters, and span of 9 meters with a box plus pan shape. Equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload (all) and optical inter-satellite links (on a few prototypes), it uses solar arrays and batteries for power generation and krypton ion thrusters for propulsion. The satellites mission is focused on communication purposes as part of the Starlink V1.0-L1-48 constellation.