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ORBCOMM FM109 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 40086)
Track ORBCOMM FM109 (NORAD catalog number 40086) 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 2014, launched on the 40th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2014-040A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 64,626 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.51 km/s, ORBCOMM FM109 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 702 × 705 km, completing one revolution every 98.7 minutes — about 14.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 47.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 47° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 65.6°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.73° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~702 km × 705 km |
| Inclination | 47.00° |
| Orbital period | 98.7 min (14.59 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00019 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2014-040A |
| NORAD catalog number | 40086 |
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
ORBCOMM FM109 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 ORBCOMM FM109 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, ORBCOMM FM109 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 ORBCOMM FM109 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- O3B FM8 (NORAD 40082)
- O3B FM6 (NORAD 40081)
- O3B FM7 (NORAD 40080)
- O3B FM3 (NORAD 40079)
- TECHDEMOSAT-1 (TDS-1) (NORAD 40076)
- UKUBE-1 (NORAD 40074)
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