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2023-072D — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 56746)
Track 2023-072D (NORAD catalog number 56746) 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 D of 2023's 72nd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2023-072D). It went up together with 6 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 18,378 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.74 km/s, 2023-072D flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 291 × 294 km, completing one revolution every 90.2 minutes — about 16.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 97.5° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 113.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.11° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~291 km × 294 km |
| Inclination | 97.47° |
| Orbital period | 90.2 min (15.96 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00017 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-072D |
| NORAD catalog number | 56746 |
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
2023-072D 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 2023-072D from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, 2023-072D 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 2023-072D in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- SNIPE 2 (NORAD 56745)
- 2023-072E (NORAD 56747)
- SNIPE 4 (NORAD 56744)
- 2023-072F (NORAD 56748)
- NEXTSAT-2 (NORAD 56743)
- 2023-072G (NORAD 56749)
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