STARLINK K - Norad ID: 44923
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1106 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK K |
| Group | Starlink L2 |
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| Days in orbit | 1944 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 546 km |
| Apogee | 548 km |
The STARLINK-1106 satellite, also known as Starlink 1106, is part of the Starlink constellation owned by SpaceX (SPXS). Launched on January 7, 2020, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, it has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length and 2.8 meters in diameter with a span of 9 meters. The satellite is designed for communication purposes and weighs 260 kilograms at launch, with a dry mass of 248 kilograms. It features a Ku/Ka-band payload (all) and optical inter-satellite links (prototypes), powered by solar arrays and batteries, and uses Krypton ion thrusters as its motor. The satellites shape is described as Box + pan.