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TIMED — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 26998)
Track TIMED (NORAD catalog number 26998) 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 B of 2001's 55th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2001-055B).
Moving at about 7.57 km/s, TIMED flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 587 × 590 km, completing one revolution every 96.3 minutes — about 15.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 74.1° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 74° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 70.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 2.02° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~587 km × 590 km |
| Inclination | 74.07° |
| Orbital period | 96.3 min (14.95 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00021 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2001-055B |
| NORAD catalog number | 26998 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. 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
TIMED is one of 4,471 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 TIMED from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, TIMED 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 pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of TIMED in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- MAROC-TUBSAT (NORAD 27004)
- PROBA-1 (NORAD 26958)
- COSMOS 2385 (NORAD 27056)
- COSMOS 2386 (NORAD 27057)
- PCSAT (NO-44) (NORAD 26931)
- INTELSAT 902 (IS-902) (NORAD 26900)
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