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SWIFT — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 28485)
Track SWIFT (NORAD catalog number 28485) 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 2004, launched on the 47th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2004-047A).
Moving at about 7.71 km/s, SWIFT flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 340 × 342 km, completing one revolution every 91.2 minutes — about 15.8 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Its 20.6° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 268.1°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 7.80° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~340 km × 342 km |
| Inclination | 20.55° |
| Orbital period | 91.2 min (15.79 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00015 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2004-047A |
| NORAD catalog number | 28485 |
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
SWIFT 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 SWIFT from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, SWIFT 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 SWIFT in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- NANOSAT-1 (NORAD 28493)
- JB-3 3 (ZY 2C) (NORAD 28470)
- COSMOS 2414 (NORAD 28521)
- AMC-15 (NORAD 28446)
- NSS-10 (NORAD 28526)
- COSMOS 2409 (NORAD 28420)
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