{
  "id": "starlink",
  "name": "Starlink",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "space",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Commercial LEO broadband constellation",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 2019,
  "operators": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "summary": "SpaceX broadband megaconstellation; by far the largest satellite constellation, used by militaries including Ukraine's.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "orbit_regime",
      "v": "LEO",
      "src": [
        "keeptrack-spacex"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "sats_count",
      "v": 11131,
      "src": [
        "keeptrack-spacex"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "In orbit, October 2026; 10,838 working"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "Starlink is nearly 65% of working satellites; about 1,787 have reentered",
      "src": [
        "keeptrack-spacex"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "on_orbit",
      "v": 11203,
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Payloads with current element sets in the public catalog, active or not."
    },
    {
      "k": "active_sats",
      "v": 11203,
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Count in the CelesTrak active satellites list, which estimates operational status."
    },
    {
      "k": "perigee_km",
      "v": [
        139,
        572
      ],
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Active satellites per CelesTrak, element epoch about 2026-11-08."
    },
    {
      "k": "apogee_km",
      "v": [
        152,
        577
      ],
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Active satellites per CelesTrak, element epoch about 2026-11-08."
    },
    {
      "k": "period_min",
      "v": [
        87.4,
        96.2
      ],
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Active satellites per CelesTrak, element epoch about 2026-11-08."
    },
    {
      "k": "inclination_deg",
      "v": [
        30.5,
        97.63
      ],
      "src": [
        "celestrak-gp"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Active satellites per CelesTrak, element epoch about 2026-11-08."
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "satellite",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from cited open sources"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Orbital elements from CelesTrak GP data (epoch about 2026-11-08): 11203 catalogued, 11203 active."
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/starlink.html",
  "sources": {
    "keeptrack-spacex": {
      "title": "How many satellites does SpaceX have?",
      "publisher": "KeepTrack (from USSF catalog and McDowell GCAT)",
      "url": "https://keeptrack.space/live-count/how-many-satellites-does-spacex-have",
      "published": "2026-10-07",
      "tier": 3,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    },
    "celestrak-gp": {
      "title": "NORAD GP element sets (current data)",
      "publisher": "CelesTrak (data from the U.S. Space Force 18th/19th Space Defense Squadron catalog)",
      "url": "https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/",
      "published": "2026-11-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}