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POEM — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 52939)
Track POEM (NORAD catalog number 52939) 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 E of 2022's 72nd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2022-072E). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 23,204 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.64 km/s, POEM flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 482 × 514 km, completing one revolution every 94.4 minutes — about 15.2 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0023). Its near-equatorial 10.0° inclination keeps it above the tropics at all times. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 166.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 7.57° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~482 km × 514 km |
| Inclination | 9.95° |
| Orbital period | 94.4 min (15.25 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00234 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-072E |
| NORAD catalog number | 52939 |
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
POEM 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 POEM from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, POEM 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 POEM in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- WFOV (USA 332) (NORAD 52940)
- DS-EO (NORAD 52935)
- SES-22 (NORAD 52933)
- GAOFEN-12 03 (NORAD 52912)
- YAOGAN-35 02B (NORAD 52908)
- YAOGAN-35 02A (NORAD 52907)
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