The 3 Starlink V2 mini sats still orbit raising seem to have picked up the pace, and may join their v1.5 friends at a 43 degree inclined ~553-559km orbit in around 2 weeks
Confirmed with today's TLE data, 17/21 from Group 6-2 are raising thus far.
STARLINK-30042, 30051, and 30058 V2 Minis from Group 6-1 have leveled off at 480x476km orbits. At least 17/21 sats from Group 6-2 have begun to orbit raise. Still no TLE update for STARLINK-30096.
New plot: Starlinks vs time
8 of the 16 Starlink V2 Mini's raising from Group 6-2 have reached their operational altitude of ~479km, the rest should be there in under a week
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1666478357393932288QuoteStill no SupTLEs for one of the 22 satellites from the Starlink Group 6-4 launch (would be object H in @TSKelso 's list, Starlink number still not known) - suggests that sat has likely failed. A second sat from the launch, Starlink 30143, also looks to be in trouble.
Still no SupTLEs for one of the 22 satellites from the Starlink Group 6-4 launch (would be object H in @TSKelso 's list, Starlink number still not known) - suggests that sat has likely failed. A second sat from the launch, Starlink 30143, also looks to be in trouble.
In their Aug 2021 filing to the FCC, SpaceX said their 43.0 deg inclination shell for the Gen2 system would be at 530 km altitude, but apparently the allowed slop on this is huge, to the point where the number is not very meaningful. Let's look at where they actually are...
Starlinks in Group 5 (V1.5, blue) and Group 6 (V2-Mini, magenta) have been launched to the 43 deg inclination under the Gen2 licence. The ones that seem to have completed orbit raising are in 4 groups at 523, 553, 559 and 561.5 km.
Update: I understand from SpaceX that the target altitude for the Grp 5/6 sats is 560 km (that may correspond to the 559 km slot in the altitude measurement I use). So the other 3 groups at 523, 553, 561.5 km are still doing orbital plane drift and will end up at 559 later.
