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CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 53586)
Track CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) (NORAD catalog number 53586) 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 102nd orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2022-102A). 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 22,189 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.59 km/s, CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 552 × 558 km, completing one revolution every 95.6 minutes — about 15.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0005). Its 29.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 149.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 6.53° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~552 km × 558 km |
| Inclination | 28.99° |
| Orbital period | 95.6 min (15.06 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00049 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-102A |
| NORAD catalog number | 53586 |
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
CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) 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 CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) 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 CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- BEIJING-3B (NORAD 53587)
- YAOGAN-35 04C (NORAD 53526)
- YAOGAN-35 04B (NORAD 53524)
- YAOGAN-35 04A (NORAD 53522)
- YAOGAN-33 02 (NORAD 53698)
- DONGPO 01 (NORAD 53453)
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