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GLOBALSTAR M087 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 52888)
Track GLOBALSTAR M087 (NORAD catalog number 52888) 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 64th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2022-064A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 20,148 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.15 km/s, GLOBALSTAR M087 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 1,420 × 1,421 km, completing one revolution every 114.1 minutes — about 12.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Inclined 52.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 52° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 173.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 3.04° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~1,420 km × 1,421 km |
| Inclination | 52.00° |
| Orbital period | 114.1 min (12.62 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00006 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-064A |
| NORAD catalog number | 52888 |
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
GLOBALSTAR M087 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 GLOBALSTAR M087 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, GLOBALSTAR M087 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 GLOBALSTAR M087 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- PVSAT (NORAD 52894)
- KSLV-II DUMMY (NORAD 52895)
- STEP CUBE LAB-II (NORAD 52897)
- RANDEV (NORAD 52898)
- SNUGLITE-II (NORAD 52899)
- MIMAN (NORAD 52900)
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