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LARES-2 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 53105)
Track LARES-2 (NORAD catalog number 53105) 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 80th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2022-080A). 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 9,645 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 5.70 km/s, LARES-2 operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 5,890–5,903 km altitude, taking about 3.8 hours per revolution (6.39 orbits a day). The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 70.1° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 70° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 279.6°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.34° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~5,890 km × 5,903 km |
| Inclination | 70.15° |
| Orbital period | 225.4 min (6.39 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00055 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-08-31 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-080A |
| NORAD catalog number | 53105 |
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
LARES-2 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 LARES-2 from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude LARES-2 is far beyond unaided visibility — following satellites this high takes a telescope and good timing. You can still track it precisely in the live 3D view above, or check pass predictions for your location.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of LARES-2 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- GREENCUBE (IO-117) (NORAD 53109)
- TIANLIAN 2-03 (NORAD 53100)
- SUPERVIEW NEO-2 01 (NORAD 53128)
- SUPERVIEW NEO-2 02 (NORAD 53130)
- WFOV (USA 332) (NORAD 52940)
- POEM (NORAD 52939)
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