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STARLINK-40097 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 100880)
Track STARLINK-40097 (NORAD catalog number 100880) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object AB of 2026's 225th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-225AB). It went up together with 25 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.70 km/s, STARLINK-40097 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 351 × 353 km, completing one revolution every 91.4 minutes — about 15.7 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Its 30.5° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 176.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 7.14° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~351 km × 353 km |
| Inclination | 30.50° |
| Orbital period | 91.4 min (15.75 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00016 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-20 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-225AB |
| NORAD catalog number | 100880 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Starlink group
STARLINK-40097 is one of 11,148 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-40097 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-40097 is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. Newly launched batches are the exception — right after launch they can form a naked-eye Starlink train. Check the launch schedule for what just went up. See the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-40097 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-40095 (NORAD 100879)
- STARLINK-40076 (NORAD 100878)
- STARLINK-40082 (NORAD 100877)
- STARLINK-40101 (NORAD 100876)
- STARLINK-40103 (NORAD 100875)
- STARLINK-40078 (NORAD 100874)
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