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MANDRAKE 2 ABLE — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 48907)
Track MANDRAKE 2 ABLE (NORAD catalog number 48907) 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 2021's 59th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2021-059AE). 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 29,671 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.68 km/s, MANDRAKE 2 ABLE flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 393 × 397 km, completing one revolution every 92.3 minutes — about 15.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0003). Inclined 97.7° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 133.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.09° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~393 km × 397 km |
| Inclination | 97.69° |
| Orbital period | 92.3 min (15.60 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00029 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 2021-059AE |
| NORAD catalog number | 48907 |
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 Other Active Satellites group
MANDRAKE 2 ABLE is one of 4,802 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 MANDRAKE 2 ABLE from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, MANDRAKE 2 ABLE 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 MANDRAKE 2 ABLE in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- MANDRAKE 2 BAKER (NORAD 48908)
- YAM-3 (NORAD 48915)
- TYVAK-0173 (NORAD 48892)
- HAWK-3B (NORAD 48931)
- HAWK-3C (NORAD 48948)
- COSMOS 2550 (NORAD 48865)
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