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2026-052J — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 68206)
Track 2026-052J (NORAD catalog number 68206) 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 J of 2026's 52nd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-052J). It went up together with 7 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 2,588 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 7.23 km/s at apogee to 7.91 km/s at perigee. 2026-052J flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 285 × 905 km, completing one revolution every 96.4 minutes — about 14.9 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is mildly elliptical (eccentricity 0.0445), so its altitude varies between 285 km and 905 km over each revolution. Inclined 97.3° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 312.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 0.94° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~285 km × 905 km |
| Inclination | 97.32° |
| Orbital period | 96.4 min (14.93 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.04450 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-052J |
| NORAD catalog number | 68206 |
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
2026-052J 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 2026-052J from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, 2026-052J 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 2026-052J in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- 2026-052G (NORAD 68204)
- 2026-052F (NORAD 68203)
- 2026-052E (NORAD 68202)
- 2026-052D (NORAD 68201)
- 2026-052C (NORAD 68200)
- YUXING-3 06 (NORAD 68199)
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