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STARLINK-1168 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 45072)
Track STARLINK-1168 (NORAD catalog number 45072) 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 AE of 2020's 6th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2020-006AE). It went up together with 16 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 36,473 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.65 km/s, STARLINK-1168 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 443 × 445 km, completing one revolution every 93.3 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 53.2° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 53° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 128.7°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.74° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~443 km × 445 km |
| Inclination | 53.15° |
| Orbital period | 93.3 min (15.43 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00016 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2020-006AE |
| NORAD catalog number | 45072 |
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 Starlink group
STARLINK-1168 is one of 10,717 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Starlink operates in low-Earth-orbit shells around 540–570 km. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-1168 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-1168 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 STARLINK-1168 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-1167 (NORAD 45071)
- STARLINK-1172 (NORAD 45074)
- STARLINK-1133 (NORAD 45064)
- STARLINK-1153 (NORAD 45080)
- STARLINK-1171 (NORAD 45062)
- STARLINK-1169 (NORAD 45061)
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