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STARLINK-1972 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 47627)
Track STARLINK-1972 (NORAD catalog number 47627) 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 H of 2021's 12th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2021-012H). It went up together with 10 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 31,686 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.82 km/s, STARLINK-1972 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 149 × 151 km, completing one revolution every 87.3 minutes — about 16.5 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Inclined 53.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 53° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 289.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.55° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~149 km × 151 km |
| Inclination | 53.02° |
| Orbital period | 87.3 min (16.49 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00012 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-20 |
| COSPAR designation | 2021-012H |
| NORAD catalog number | 47627 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. 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-1972 is one of 11,148 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-1972 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-1972 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 the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-1972 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-1973 (NORAD 47628)
- STARLINK-1704 (NORAD 47625)
- STARLINK-1983 (NORAD 47630)
- STARLINK-1992 (NORAD 47632)
- STARLINK-1609 (NORAD 47621)
- STARLINK-2015 (NORAD 47638)
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