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LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 43113)
Track LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) (NORAD catalog number 43113) 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 C of 2018's 4th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2018-004C). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 44,952 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 7.26 km/s at apogee to 7.79 km/s at perigee. LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 428 × 919 km, completing one revolution every 98.1 minutes — about 14.7 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is mildly elliptical (eccentricity 0.0348), so its altitude varies between 428 km and 919 km over each revolution. Its 99.2° 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 179.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.13° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~428 km × 919 km |
| Inclination | 99.24° |
| Orbital period | 98.1 min (14.68 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.03484 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2018-004C |
| NORAD catalog number | 43113 |
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
LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) 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 LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) 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 LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- CARTOSAT-2F (NORAD 43111)
- SUPERVIEW-1 03 (NORAD 43099)
- YAOGAN-30 04C (NORAD 43083)
- YAOGAN-30 04B (NORAD 43082)
- YAOGAN-30 04A (NORAD 43081)
- LKW-2 (NORAD 43080)
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