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USA 486 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 62757)
Track USA 486 (NORAD catalog number 62757) 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 Y of 2025's 14th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2025-014Y). It went up together with 22 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 9,373 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.71 km/s, USA 486 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 344 × 346 km, completing one revolution every 91.3 minutes — about 15.8 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). 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 331.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 6.08° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~344 km × 346 km |
| Inclination | 43.00° |
| Orbital period | 91.3 min (15.78 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00015 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2025-014Y |
| NORAD catalog number | 62757 |
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
USA 486 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 USA 486 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, USA 486 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 USA 486 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- USA 485 (NORAD 62756)
- 2025-013E (NORAD 62733)
- 2025-013D (NORAD 62732)
- 2025-013C (NORAD 62731)
- 2025-013B (NORAD 62730)
- 2025-013A (NORAD 62729)
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