STARLINK BH - Norad ID: 45099
| Spacetrack Directory Name | STARLINK-1186 |
| Alternative name | STARLINK BH |
| Group | Starlink L3 |
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| Days in orbit | 1841 |
| 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 | 549 km |
STARLINK-1186 is a communication satellite launched by SpaceX on January 29, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40 using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The spacecraft has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 2.8 meters in diameter, and spans 9 meters. It has a dry mass of 248 kilograms and weighed 260 kilograms at launch. Equipped with Ku/Ka-band payload (all) and optical inter-satellite links (a few prototypes), the satellite is powered by solar arrays and batteries and uses Krypton ion thrusters for propulsion. The mission purpose is to provide communication services, and it was manufactured by SpaceX.