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TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 62657)
Track TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA (NORAD catalog number 62657) 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 BA of 2025's 9th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2025-009BA). It went up together with 98 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 9,146 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.63 km/s, TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 481 × 484 km, completing one revolution every 94.1 minutes — about 15.3 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Its 97.4° retrograde, near-polar inclination is characteristic of a Sun-synchronous orbit — the type Earth-imaging and weather satellites use to revisit each spot at the same local solar time. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 331.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 1.00° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~481 km × 484 km |
| Inclination | 97.39° |
| Orbital period | 94.1 min (15.30 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00020 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2025-009BA |
| NORAD catalog number | 62657 |
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
TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA 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 TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA 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 TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT BA in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AZ (NORAD 62656)
- TROLL (NORAD 62658)
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AY (NORAD 62655)
- FLOCK 4G-4 (NORAD 62659)
- BRO-16 (NORAD 62654)
- FLOCK 4G-6 (NORAD 62660)
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