STARLINK BM - Norad ID: 44772
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1068 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK BM |
| Group | Starlink L1 |
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| Days in orbit | 2513 |
| 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 satellite STARLINK-1068 (OBJECT_ID: 2019-074BM) is a communication spacecraft owned and operated by SpaceX (SPXS). Launched on November 11, 2019, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Launch Complex 40 using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the satellite weighs approximately 260 kg at launch with a dry mass of 248 kg. It is equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload and optical inter-satellite links (prototypes), solar arrays for power generation, and krypton ion thrusters for propulsion. The spacecraft has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 2.8 meters in diameter, and a span of 9 meters. Its shape is described as Box + pan, and it serves the primary purpose of communication within SpaceXs Starlink constellation.