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KUWAITSAT-1 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 55103)
Track KUWAITSAT-1 (NORAD catalog number 55103) 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 CY of 2023's 1st orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2023-001CY). It went up together with 25 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 20,531 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.67 km/s, KUWAITSAT-1 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 409 × 421 km, completing one revolution every 92.7 minutes — about 15.5 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0009). 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 322.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 1.02° 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 | ~409 km × 421 km |
| Inclination | 97.32° |
| Orbital period | 92.7 min (15.53 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00093 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-001CY |
| NORAD catalog number | 55103 |
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
KUWAITSAT-1 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 KUWAITSAT-1 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, KUWAITSAT-1 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 KUWAITSAT-1 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- SHARJAHSAT-1 (NORAD 55104)
- AAC-AIS-SAT1 (NORAD 55107)
- ASTROCAST-0402 (NORAD 55109)
- ASTROCAST-0401 (NORAD 55110)
- ASTROCAST-0403 (NORAD 55111)
- ASTROCAST-0404 (NORAD 55112)
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