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KUIPER-00502 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 68883)
Track KUIPER-00502 (NORAD catalog number 68883) 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 2026's 95th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-095V). It went up together with 28 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 2,010 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.54 km/s, KUIPER-00502 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 636 × 637 km, completing one revolution every 97.3 minutes — about 14.8 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0001). Inclined 51.9° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 52° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 223.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.42° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~636 km × 637 km |
| Inclination | 51.90° |
| Orbital period | 97.3 min (14.80 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00007 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-095V |
| NORAD catalog number | 68883 |
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
KUIPER-00502 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 KUIPER-00502 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, KUIPER-00502 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 KUIPER-00502 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- KUIPER-00500 (NORAD 68882)
- KUIPER-00503 (NORAD 68884)
- KUIPER-00499 (NORAD 68881)
- KUIPER-00504 (NORAD 68885)
- KUIPER-00489 (NORAD 68880)
- KUIPER-00505 (NORAD 68886)
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