STARLINK BE - Norad ID: 44966
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1088 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK BE |
| Group | Starlink L2 |
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| Days in orbit | 1931 |
| 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-1088 satellite, also known as Starlink 1088, is owned by SpaceX (SPXS) and was launched on January 7, 2020, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40 using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It measures approximately 0.2 meters in length with a diameter of 2.8 meters and has a span of 9 meters. The satellites dry mass is 248 kilograms while its launch mass was 260 kilograms. Equipped with a Ku/Ka-band payload (present on all Starlink satellites) and optical inter-satellite links (found on some prototypes), STARLINK-1088 uses solar arrays and batteries for power generation, and it is propelled by Krypton ion thrusters. The mission of this satellite is focused on communication services.