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TJS-13 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 62188)

Track TJS-13 (NORAD catalog number 62188) 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 2024, launched on the 227th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2024-227A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 1,284 revolutions of Earth.

Its speed swings from 1.63 km/s at apogee to 9.18 km/s at perigee. TJS-13 follows a highly elliptical orbit, completing a revolution every 12.0 hours. The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.6978): each revolution swings from 1,654 km at perigee out to 38,709 km at apogee. Inclined 63.8° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 64° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 29.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.11° per day.

Orbital elements

Orbit regimehighly elliptical orbit (HEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude~1,654 km × 38,709 km
Inclination63.83°
Orbital period717.7 min (2.01 rev/day)
Eccentricity0.69776
Element set epoch2026-09-04
COSPAR designation2024-227A
NORAD catalog number62188

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

TJS-13 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 TJS-13 from the ground?

Not with the naked eye. At its altitude TJS-13 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.

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