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TIANHUI 2-01A — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 44207)
Track TIANHUI 2-01A (NORAD catalog number 44207) 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 2019, launched on the 24th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2019-024A). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.61 km/s, TIANHUI 2-01A flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 522 × 524 km, completing one revolution every 94.9 minutes — about 15.2 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Its 97.5° 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 252.4°. 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 | ~522 km × 524 km |
| Inclination | 97.48° |
| Orbital period | 94.9 min (15.17 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00015 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2019-024A |
| NORAD catalog number | 44207 |
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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TIANHUI 2-01A 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 TIANHUI 2-01A from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, TIANHUI 2-01A 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 TIANHUI 2-01A in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- TIANHUI 2-01B (NORAD 44209)
- ARABSAT-6A (NORAD 44186)
- RISAT-2B (NORAD 44233)
- O3B FM18 (NORAD 44115)
- O3B FM17 (NORAD 44114)
- O3B FM19 (NORAD 44113)
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