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SKYSAT-C11 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 42987)
Track SKYSAT-C11 (NORAD catalog number 42987) 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 2017, launched on the 68th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2017-068A). It went up together with 5 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 49,603 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.68 km/s, SKYSAT-C11 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 388 × 389 km, completing one revolution every 92.2 minutes — about 15.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Inclined 97.4° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 42.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.05° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~388 km × 389 km |
| Inclination | 97.44° |
| Orbital period | 92.2 min (15.62 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00012 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2017-068A |
| NORAD catalog number | 42987 |
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
SKYSAT-C11 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 SKYSAT-C11 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, SKYSAT-C11 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 SKYSAT-C11 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2523 (NORAD 42986)
- SKYSAT-C10 (NORAD 42988)
- SKYSAT-C9 (NORAD 42989)
- KOREASAT 5A (NORAD 42984)
- SKYSAT-C8 (NORAD 42990)
- SKYSAT-C7 (NORAD 42991)
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