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ARASE (ERG) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 41896)
Track ARASE (ERG) (NORAD catalog number 41896) 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 2016, launched on the 80th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2016-080A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 9,037 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 1.78 km/s at apogee to 9.99 km/s at perigee. ARASE (ERG) follows a highly elliptical orbit, completing a revolution every 9.3 hours. The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.6983): each revolution swings from 408 km at perigee out to 31,786 km at apogee. Its 31.9° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 336.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.39° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | highly elliptical orbit (HEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~408 km × 31,786 km |
| Inclination | 31.94° |
| Orbital period | 558.6 min (2.58 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.69830 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2016-080A |
| NORAD catalog number | 41896 |
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
ARASE (ERG) 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 ARASE (ERG) from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude ARASE (ERG) 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 ARASE (ERG) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- TANSAT (NORAD 41898)
- ECHOSTAR 19 (NORAD 41893)
- YIJIAN (NORAD 41899)
- SPARK 1 (NORAD 41900)
- CYGFM03 (NORAD 41891)
- SPARK 2 (NORAD 41901)
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