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NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 32260)
Track NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) (NORAD catalog number 32260) 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 47th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2007-047A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 13,844 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 3.94 km/s, NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 19,742–20,639 km altitude, taking about 12.0 hours per revolution (2.01 orbits a day). The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0169). Inclined 54.2° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 54° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 76.7°.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~19,742 km × 20,639 km |
| Inclination | 54.16° |
| Orbital period | 718.0 min (2.01 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.01690 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2007-047A |
| NORAD catalog number | 32260 |
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 Navigation group
NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) is part of the US GPS (NAVSTAR) fleet — one of 173 global-navigation satellites in the WatchSat catalog across GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. GNSS spacecraft broadcast precise time signals from orbits around 20,000 km up; a phone fixes its position by comparing several of them at once. See the whole navigation group live in 3D.
Can you see NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) is far beyond unaided visibility — following satellites this high takes a telescope and good timing. You can still track it precisely in the live 3D view above, or check pass predictions for your location.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of NAVSTAR 60 (USA 196) in the Navigation group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2433 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 32275)
- COSMOS 2432 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 32276)
- NAVSTAR 61 (USA 199) (NORAD 32384)
- COSMOS 2434 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 32393)
- COSMOS 2436 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 32395)
- NAVSTAR 62 (USA 201) (NORAD 32711)
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