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GUANGCHUAN 02 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 62112)
Track GUANGCHUAN 02 (NORAD catalog number 62112) 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 B of 2024's 221st orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2024-221B). 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 9,861 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.61 km/s, GUANGCHUAN 02 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 525 × 533 km, completing one revolution every 95.1 minutes — about 15.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 49.9° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 50° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 122.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.87° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~525 km × 533 km |
| Inclination | 49.94° |
| Orbital period | 95.1 min (15.15 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00061 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2024-221B |
| NORAD catalog number | 62112 |
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
GUANGCHUAN 02 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 GUANGCHUAN 02 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, GUANGCHUAN 02 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 GUANGCHUAN 02 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- GUANGCHUAN 01 (NORAD 62111)
- KONDOR-FKA NO. 2 (NORAD 62138)
- KINEIS-5B (NORAD 62085)
- KINEIS-5A (NORAD 62084)
- KINEIS-5E (NORAD 62083)
- KINEIS-5D (NORAD 62082)
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