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DSX — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 44344)
Track DSX (NORAD catalog number 44344) 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 F of 2019's 36th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2019-036F). It went up together with 9 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 11,893 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 4.17 km/s at apogee to 6.21 km/s at perigee. DSX operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 5,998–12,056 km altitude, taking about 5.3 hours per revolution (4.54 orbits a day). The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.1967): each revolution swings from 5,998 km at perigee out to 12,056 km at apogee. Its 42.3° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 325.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.36° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~5,998 km × 12,056 km |
| Inclination | 42.31° |
| Orbital period | 316.9 min (4.54 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.19673 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-08-25 |
| COSPAR designation | 2019-036F |
| NORAD catalog number | 44344 |
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
DSX 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 DSX from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude DSX is far beyond unaided visibility — following satellites this high takes a telescope and good timing. You can still track it precisely in the live 3D view above, or check pass predictions for your location.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of DSX in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- FORMOSAT 7-3 (NORAD 44343)
- OTB (NORAD 44341)
- NPSAT1 (NORAD 44340)
- PROX-1 (NORAD 44339)
- FORMOSAT 7-1 (NORAD 44349)
- FORMOSAT 7-4 (NORAD 44350)
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