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NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 55268)
Track NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) (NORAD catalog number 55268) 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 2023, launched on the 9th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2023-009A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 2,681 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 3.88 km/s, NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 20,174–20,205 km altitude, taking about 12.0 hours per revolution (2.01 orbits a day). The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 55.1° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 55° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 145.4°.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~20,174 km × 20,205 km |
| Inclination | 55.13° |
| Orbital period | 718.0 min (2.01 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00058 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-03 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-009A |
| NORAD catalog number | 55268 |
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 Navigation group
NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) is part of the US GPS (NAVSTAR) fleet — one of 173 global-navigation satellites in the WatchSat catalog across GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. GNSS spacecraft broadcast precise time signals from orbits around 20,000 km up; a phone fixes its position by comparing several of them at once. See the whole navigation group live in 3D.
Can you see NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) 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 NAVSTAR 82 (USA 343) in the Navigation group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2564 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 54377)
- COSMOS 2559 [GLONASS-K] (NORAD 54031)
- BEIDOU-3 G4 (NORAD 56564)
- COSMOS 2569 [GLONASS-K2] (NORAD 57517)
- COSMOS 2557 [GLONASS-K] (NORAD 52984)
- BEIDOU-3 M28 (NORAD 58654)
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