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TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 101095)

Track TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH (NORAD catalog number 101095) 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 CH of 2026's 227th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-227CH). It went up together with 92 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.

Moving at about 7.61 km/s, TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 517 × 524 km, completing one revolution every 94.9 minutes — about 15.2 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0005). Its 97.4° retrograde, near-polar inclination is characteristic of a Sun-synchronous orbit — the type Earth-imaging and weather satellites use to revisit each spot at the same local solar time. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 3.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.98° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.

Orbital elements

Orbit regimelow Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude~517 km × 524 km
Inclination97.45°
Orbital period94.9 min (15.17 rev/day)
Eccentricity0.00053
Element set epoch2026-10-21
COSPAR designation2026-227CH
NORAD catalog number101095

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 Other Active Satellites group

TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH is one of 4,802 active satellites in WatchSat's general catalog — the broad population of Earth-observation, communications, science, amateur-radio and technology spacecraft outside the giant broadband constellations. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.

Can you see TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, TRANSPORTER-18 OBJECT CH 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. See the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.

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