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STARLINK-4331 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 53046)
Track STARLINK-4331 (NORAD catalog number 53046) 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 D of 2022's 77th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2022-077D). It went up together with 40 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.62 km/s, STARLINK-4331 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 495 × 500 km, completing one revolution every 94.4 minutes — about 15.3 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0003). Its 97.3° retrograde, near-polar inclination is characteristic of a Sun-synchronous orbit — the type Earth-imaging and weather satellites use to revisit each spot at the same local solar time. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 66.3°. 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 | ~495 km × 500 km |
| Inclination | 97.28° |
| Orbital period | 94.4 min (15.25 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00030 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-077D |
| NORAD catalog number | 53046 |
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-4331 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-4331 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-4331 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-4331 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-4350 (NORAD 53045)
- STARLINK-4352 (NORAD 53047)
- STARLINK-4355 (NORAD 53048)
- STARLINK-4362 (NORAD 53043)
- STARLINK-4345 (NORAD 53049)
- STARLINK-4343 (NORAD 53050)
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