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LATINSAT A — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 27612)
Track LATINSAT A (NORAD catalog number 27612) 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 H of 2002's 58th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2002-058H). It went up together with 2 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.59 km/s, LATINSAT A flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 585 × 653 km, completing one revolution every 96.9 minutes — about 14.9 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0048). Inclined 64.6° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 65° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 66.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 3.11° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~585 km × 653 km |
| Inclination | 64.55° |
| Orbital period | 96.9 min (14.86 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00481 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2002-058H |
| NORAD catalog number | 27612 |
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
LATINSAT A 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 LATINSAT A from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, LATINSAT A 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 LATINSAT A in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50) (NORAD 27607)
- LATINSAT B (NORAD 27606)
- NIMIQ 2 (NORAD 27632)
- CORIOLIS (NORAD 27640)
- SORCE (NORAD 27651)
- USA 167 (NORAD 27691)
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