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This document is intended to provide information and context to satellite operators about Starlink constellation design. Altitude-based deconfliction is the strongest lever to avoid risk between two constellations, so knowledge of Starlink constellation altitudes can help support safe and sustainable satellite operations in low-Earth orbit. Starlink strongly encourages other operators to analyze the background object density when choosing altitudes for satellite operations, including insertion orbits, and proactively share ephemeris for conjunction screening. Starlink takes the secondary density of objects in low-Earth orbit into strong consideration when designing shells and selecting altitudes, both for permanent shells as well as for temporary waypoints and insertion orbits. Starlink has pursued altitudes that are deconflicted against the highest-density altitudes for other spacecraft operators and the wide altitude bands inhabited by the crewed stations while still meeting constellation objectives.

On this page Starlink Constellation Altitudes This document is intended to provide information and context to satellite operators about Starlink constellation design. Altitude-based deconfliction is the strongest lever to avoid risk between two constellations, so knowledge of Starlink constellation altitudes can help support safe and sustainable satellite operations in low-Earth orbit. Starlink strongly encourages other operators to analyze the background object density when choosing altitudes for satellite operations, including insertion orbits, and proactively share ephemeris for conjunction

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