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SCISAT 1 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 27858)
Track SCISAT 1 (NORAD catalog number 27858) 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 has been on orbit since 2003, launched on the 36th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2003-036A).
Moving at about 7.55 km/s, SCISAT 1 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 627 × 636 km, completing one revolution every 97.2 minutes — about 14.8 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 73.9° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 74° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 8.6°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 1.99° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~627 km × 636 km |
| Inclination | 73.93° |
| Orbital period | 97.2 min (14.82 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00064 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2003-036A |
| NORAD catalog number | 27858 |
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
SCISAT 1 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 SCISAT 1 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, SCISAT 1 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 SCISAT 1 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- CUBESAT XI-IV (CO-57) (NORAD 27848)
- COSMOS 2400 (NORAD 27868)
- COSMOS 2401 (NORAD 27869)
- CUTE-1 (CO-55) (NORAD 27844)
- MOST (NORAD 27843)
- USA 170 (NORAD 27875)
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