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MERIDIAN 7 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 40296)
Track MERIDIAN 7 (NORAD catalog number 40296) 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 69th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2014-069A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 8,686 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 1.75 km/s at apogee to 8.59 km/s at perigee. MERIDIAN 7 follows a highly elliptical orbit, completing a revolution every 12.0 hours. The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.6620): each revolution swings from 2,606 km at perigee out to 37,766 km at apogee. Inclined 63.4° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 63° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 207.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.10° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | highly elliptical orbit (HEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~2,606 km × 37,766 km |
| Inclination | 63.45° |
| Orbital period | 717.8 min (2.01 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.66198 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2014-069A |
| NORAD catalog number | 40296 |
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
MERIDIAN 7 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 MERIDIAN 7 from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude MERIDIAN 7 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 MERIDIAN 7 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- ASNARO (NORAD 40298)
- SJ-11-08 (NORAD 40286)
- YAOGAN-24 (NORAD 40310)
- EUTELSAT 53A (NORAD 40277)
- YAOGAN-22 (NORAD 40275)
- ARSAT 1 (NORAD 40272)
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