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LKW-4 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 43236)
Track LKW-4 (NORAD catalog number 43236) 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 2018, launched on the 25th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2018-025A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 47,282 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.69 km/s, LKW-4 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 367 × 370 km, completing one revolution every 91.8 minutes — about 15.7 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 97.6° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 67.7°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.09° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~367 km × 370 km |
| Inclination | 97.64° |
| Orbital period | 91.8 min (15.69 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00022 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2018-025A |
| NORAD catalog number | 43236 |
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.
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LKW-4 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 LKW-4 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, LKW-4 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 LKW-4 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- O3B FM13 (NORAD 43234)
- O3B FM14 (NORAD 43233)
- O3B FM16 (NORAD 43232)
- O3B FM15 (NORAD 43231)
- PODSAT (NORAD 43229)
- HISPASAT 30W-6 (NORAD 43228)
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