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SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 51102)
Track SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) (NORAD catalog number 51102) 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 has been on orbit since 2022, launched on the 4th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2022-004A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 23,895 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 7.01 km/s at apogee to 7.90 km/s at perigee. SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 396 × 1,263 km, completing one revolution every 101.3 minutes — about 14.2 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is mildly elliptical (eccentricity 0.0602), so its altitude varies between 396 km and 1,263 km over each revolution. Inclined 98.5° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 267.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.97° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~396 km × 1,263 km |
| Inclination | 98.46° |
| Orbital period | 101.3 min (14.21 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.06017 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-004A |
| NORAD catalog number | 51102 |
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
SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) 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 SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) 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 SHIYAN-13 (SY-13) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- BRO-5 (NORAD 51061)
- ETV-A1 (NORAD 51060)
- HYPSO-1 (NORAD 51053)
- ION SCV-004 (NORAD 50993)
- LUDI TANCE 1-01A (L-SA*) (NORAD 51284)
- ASCENT (NORAD 51287)
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