STARLINK BC - Norad ID: 44763
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1058 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK BC |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 1971 |
| 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 | 549 km |
The satellite named STARLINK-1058 (OBJECT_ID: 2019-074BC) is a Starlink communication satellite launched by SpaceX on November 11, 2019, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40 using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It measures 0.2 meters in length with a diameter of 2.8 meters and a span of 9 meters. The satellite has a dry mass of 248 kg and a launch mass of 260 kg. It is equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload (all) and optical inter-satellite links (for a few prototypes), powered by solar arrays and batteries, and uses krypton ion thrusters as its motor system. Its shape is described as box plus pan, and it operates for communication purposes in orbit.