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GLOBALSTAR M086 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 38045)
Track GLOBALSTAR M086 (NORAD catalog number 38045) 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 F of 2011's 80th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2011-080F). It went up together with 5 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 67,998 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.15 km/s, GLOBALSTAR M086 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 1,420 × 1,421 km, completing one revolution every 114.1 minutes — about 12.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Inclined 52.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 52° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 79.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 3.05° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~1,420 km × 1,421 km |
| Inclination | 51.99° |
| Orbital period | 114.1 min (12.62 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00007 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2011-080F |
| NORAD catalog number | 38045 |
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
GLOBALSTAR M086 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 GLOBALSTAR M086 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, GLOBALSTAR M086 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 GLOBALSTAR M086 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- GLOBALSTAR M090 (NORAD 38044)
- GLOBALSTAR M092 (NORAD 38043)
- GLOBALSTAR M082 (NORAD 38042)
- GLOBALSTAR M080 (NORAD 38041)
- GLOBALSTAR M084 (NORAD 38040)
- ZIYUAN 1-02C (ZY 1-02C) (NORAD 38038)
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