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LAPAN-TUBSAT — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 29709)
Track LAPAN-TUBSAT (NORAD catalog number 29709) 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 2007, launched on the 1st orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2007-001A).
Moving at about 7.56 km/s, LAPAN-TUBSAT flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 610 × 625 km, completing one revolution every 96.9 minutes — about 14.9 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0011). Its 98.1° 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 251.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 1.02° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~610 km × 625 km |
| Inclination | 98.14° |
| Orbital period | 96.9 min (14.86 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00108 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2007-001A |
| NORAD catalog number | 29709 |
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
LAPAN-TUBSAT 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 LAPAN-TUBSAT from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, LAPAN-TUBSAT 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 LAPAN-TUBSAT in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- WILDBLUE-1 (NORAD 29643)
- BADR-4 (NORAD 29526)
- DMSP 5D-3 F17 (USA 191) (NORAD 29522)
- SHIJIAN-6 02B (SJ-6 02B) (NORAD 29506)
- SHIJIAN-6 02A (SJ-6 02A) (NORAD 29505)
- OPTUS D1 (NORAD 29495)
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