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STARLINK-2196 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 47773)
Track STARLINK-2196 (NORAD catalog number 47773) 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 BD of 2021's 17th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2021-017BD). It went up together with 22 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 30,547 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.64 km/s, STARLINK-2196 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 450 × 451 km, completing one revolution every 93.4 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0000). 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 91.1°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.72° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~450 km × 451 km |
| Inclination | 53.16° |
| Orbital period | 93.4 min (15.41 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00003 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2021-017BD |
| NORAD catalog number | 47773 |
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-2196 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-2196 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-2196 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-2196 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-2195 (NORAD 47772)
- STARLINK-2194 (NORAD 47771)
- STARLINK-2193 (NORAD 47770)
- STARLINK-2211 (NORAD 47778)
- STARLINK-2185 (NORAD 47767)
- STARLINK-2213 (NORAD 47780)
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