Starlink 1065 - Norad ID: 44770
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK BK |
| Alternative name | Starlink 1065 |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 1256 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 545 km |
| Apogee | 547 km |
The STARLINK-1065 satellite, also known as Starlink 1065, is owned by SPXS and was launched on November 11, 2019, from the LC40 launch pad at AFETR using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. This communication satellite has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 2.8 meters in diameter, and spans up to 9 meters when fully deployed. It carries a Ku/Ka-band payload with optical inter-satellite links on a few prototypes. Equipped with solar arrays and batteries for power, the satellite uses krypton ion thrusters as its motor system and has a dry mass of 248 kilograms, weighing 260 kilograms at launch. The shape is described as Box + pan, and it was manufactured by SPXS to serve in communication missions.