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ORBCOMM FM118 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 41183)
Track ORBCOMM FM118 (NORAD catalog number 41183) 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 E of 2015's 81st orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2015-081E). It went up together with 6 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 56,971 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.51 km/s, ORBCOMM FM118 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 333.7°. 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 | 47.01° |
| Orbital period | 98.7 min (14.59 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00019 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2015-081E |
| NORAD catalog number | 41183 |
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 FM118 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 FM118 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, ORBCOMM FM118 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 FM118 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- ORBCOMM FM110 (NORAD 41182)
- ORBCOMM FM112 (NORAD 41184)
- ORBCOMM FM113 (NORAD 41185)
- ORBCOMM FM108 (NORAD 41187)
- ORBCOMM FM117 (NORAD 41188)
- ORBCOMM FM116 (NORAD 41189)
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