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QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 67228)

Track QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I) (NORAD catalog number 67228) 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 2025, launched on the 307th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2025-307A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 3,897 revolutions of Earth.

Moving at about 7.58 km/s, QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 568 × 583 km, completing one revolution every 96.0 minutes — about 15.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0011). Its 42.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 138.2°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.49° per day.

Orbital elements

Orbit regimelow Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude~568 km × 583 km
Inclination42.01°
Orbital period96.0 min (15.00 rev/day)
Eccentricity0.00105
Element set epoch2026-09-07
COSPAR designation2025-307A
NORAD catalog number67228

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

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Can you see QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I) from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I) 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.

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