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BUFENG 1A — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 44310)
Track BUFENG 1A (NORAD catalog number 44310) 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 32nd orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2019-032A). It went up together with 4 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 39,975 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.63 km/s, BUFENG 1A flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 477 × 490 km, completing one revolution every 94.1 minutes — about 15.3 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0010). Its 45.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 327.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.48° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~477 km × 490 km |
| Inclination | 44.97° |
| Orbital period | 94.1 min (15.30 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00102 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2019-032A |
| NORAD catalog number | 44310 |
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
BUFENG 1A 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 BUFENG 1A from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, BUFENG 1A 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 BUFENG 1A in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- BUFENG 1B (NORAD 44311)
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3A (NORAD 44312)
- YAMAL 601 (NORAD 44307)
- TIANQI-3 (NORAD 44314)
- WT 1B (NORAD 44316)
- RCM-1 (NORAD 44322)
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