STARLINK BF - Norad ID: 44766
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1061 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK BF |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 1914 |
| 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 |
STARLINK-1061, also known as Starlink 1061, is a communication satellite manufactured by SPXS and owned by the same entity. It was launched on November 11, 2019, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Launch Complex 40 using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The satellite has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 2.8 meters in diameter, and a span of 9 meters. It features a box + pan shape with a dry mass of 248 kg and a launch mass of 260 kg. Equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload (all), optical inter-satellite links (on prototypes), and solar arrays for power generation along with batteries, STARLINK-1061 employs Krypton ion thrusters as its propulsion system. Its purpose is to provide communication services as part of the Starlink constellation.