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STARLINK-30198 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 57290)
Track STARLINK-30198 (NORAD catalog number 57290) 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 96th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2023-096A). 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 18,210 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.65 km/s, STARLINK-30198 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 456 × 479 km, completing one revolution every 93.8 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0016). Its 43.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 30.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.71° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~456 km × 479 km |
| Inclination | 42.99° |
| Orbital period | 93.8 min (15.35 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00165 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-096A |
| NORAD catalog number | 57290 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. 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 Starlink group
STARLINK-30198 is one of 11,148 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-30198 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-30198 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 the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-30198 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-30239 (NORAD 57291)
- STARLINK-30235 (NORAD 57294)
- STARLINK-30236 (NORAD 57300)
- STARLINK-30201 (NORAD 57301)
- STARLINK-30233 (NORAD 57302)
- STARLINK-30184 (NORAD 57310)
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