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CAS-2T & KS-1Q — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 41847)

Track CAS-2T & KS-1Q (NORAD catalog number 41847) 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 G of 2016's 66th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2016-066G). As of this element set it had completed roughly 52,300 revolutions of Earth.

Its speed swings from 7.23 km/s at apogee to 7.74 km/s at perigee. CAS-2T & KS-1Q flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 506 × 993 km, completing one revolution every 99.7 minutes — about 14.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is mildly elliptical (eccentricity 0.0342), so its altitude varies between 506 km and 993 km over each revolution. Its 98.4° retrograde, near-polar inclination is characteristic of a Sun-synchronous orbit — the type Earth-imaging and weather satellites use to revisit each spot at the same local solar time. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 8.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.99° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.

Orbital elements

Orbit regime	low Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude	~506 km × 993 km
Inclination	98.37°
Orbital period	99.7 min (14.45 rev/day)
Eccentricity	0.03420
Element set epoch	2026-10-21
COSPAR designation	2016-066G
NORAD catalog number	41847

This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. 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.

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CAS-2T & KS-1Q is one of 4,802 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 CAS-2T & KS-1Q from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, CAS-2T & KS-1Q 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 the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.

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