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PROBA-3 CSC — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 62256)
Track PROBA-3 CSC (NORAD catalog number 62256) 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 233rd orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2024-233A). 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 779 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 1.10 km/s at apogee to 9.84 km/s at perigee. PROBA-3 CSC follows a highly elliptical orbit, completing a revolution every 19.7 hours. The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.7996): each revolution swings from 1,042 km at perigee out to 60,178 km at apogee. Inclined 59.8° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 60° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 90.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.08° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | highly elliptical orbit (HEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~1,042 km × 60,178 km |
| Inclination | 59.79° |
| Orbital period | 1179.6 min (1.22 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.79955 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-04 |
| COSPAR designation | 2024-233A |
| NORAD catalog number | 62256 |
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
PROBA-3 CSC 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 PROBA-3 CSC from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude PROBA-3 CSC 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.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of PROBA-3 CSC in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- QIANFAN-54 (NORAD 62255)
- QIANFAN-53 (NORAD 62254)
- PROBA-3 OSC (NORAD 62258)
- QIANFAN-52 (NORAD 62253)
- SXM-9 (NORAD 62259)
- QIANFAN-51 (NORAD 62252)
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