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NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 40294)
Track NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) (NORAD catalog number 40294) 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 68th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2014-068A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 8,684 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 3.90 km/s, NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 20,012–20,368 km altitude, taking about 12.0 hours per revolution (2.01 orbits a day). The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0067). Inclined 57.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 57° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 27.8°.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~20,012 km × 20,368 km |
| Inclination | 57.04° |
| Orbital period | 718.0 min (2.01 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00672 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2014-068A |
| NORAD catalog number | 40294 |
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 72 (USA 258) 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 72 (USA 258) from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) 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 72 (USA 258) in the Navigation group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2501 [GLONASS-K] (NORAD 40315)
- GSAT-16 (NORAD 40332)
- GSAT0202 (GALILEO 6) (NORAD 40129)
- GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) (NORAD 40128)
- NAVSTAR 71 (USA 256) (NORAD 40105)
- NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260) (NORAD 40534)
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