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STARLINK-34988 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 65453)
Track STARLINK-34988 (NORAD catalog number 65453) 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 V of 2025's 194th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2025-194V). It went up together with 23 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.60 km/s, STARLINK-34988 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 528 × 531 km, completing one revolution every 95.1 minutes — about 15.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Its 97.3° 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 142.6°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.96° 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 | ~528 km × 531 km |
| Inclination | 97.28° |
| Orbital period | 95.1 min (15.15 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00019 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 2025-194V |
| NORAD catalog number | 65453 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. 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 Starlink group
STARLINK-34988 is one of 11,148 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-34988 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-34988 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. Newly launched batches are the exception — right after launch they can form a naked-eye Starlink train. Check the launch schedule for what just went up. See the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of STARLINK-34988 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-35084 (NORAD 65452)
- STARLINK-35059 (NORAD 65454)
- STARLINK-35039 (NORAD 65451)
- STARLINK-34728 (NORAD 65455)
- STARLINK-34970 (NORAD 65450)
- STARLINK-35005 (NORAD 65456)
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