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CYGNUS NG-24 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 68689)
Track CYGNUS NG-24 (NORAD catalog number 68689) 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 2026, launched on the 79th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2026-079A).
Moving at about 7.66 km/s, CYGNUS NG-24 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 423 × 430 km, completing one revolution every 93.0 minutes — about 15.5 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0005). Inclined 51.6° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 52° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 254.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.95° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~423 km × 430 km |
| Inclination | 51.63° |
| Orbital period | 93.0 min (15.49 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00050 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-079A |
| NORAD catalog number | 68689 |
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
CYGNUS NG-24 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 CYGNUS NG-24 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, CYGNUS NG-24 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 CYGNUS NG-24 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- HJS-8A (NORAD 68687)
- JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT A (NORAD 68691)
- JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT B (NORAD 68692)
- JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT C (NORAD 68693)
- JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT D (NORAD 68694)
- JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT E (NORAD 68695)
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