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2023-069A — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 56731)
Track 2023-069A (NORAD catalog number 56731) 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 69th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2023-069A). 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 18,567 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.65 km/s, 2023-069A flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 442 × 448 km, completing one revolution every 93.3 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0005). Its 41.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 50.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.96° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~442 km × 448 km |
| Inclination | 40.99° |
| Orbital period | 93.3 min (15.43 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00048 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-069A |
| NORAD catalog number | 56731 |
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
2023-069A 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 2023-069A from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, 2023-069A 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 2023-069A in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- IRIDIUM 179 (NORAD 56730)
- 2023-069B (NORAD 56732)
- IRIDIUM 178 (NORAD 56729)
- IRIDIUM 174 (NORAD 56728)
- IRIDIUM 177 (NORAD 56727)
- IRIDIUM 181 (NORAD 56726)
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