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DTC TEST OBJECT A — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69472)
Track DTC TEST OBJECT A (NORAD catalog number 69472) 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 128th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2026-128A). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 1,400 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.68 km/s, DTC TEST OBJECT A flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 396 × 410 km, completing one revolution every 92.5 minutes — about 15.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0011). Inclined 55.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 55° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 285.7°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.63° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~396 km × 410 km |
| Inclination | 54.99° |
| Orbital period | 92.5 min (15.57 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00106 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-128A |
| NORAD catalog number | 69472 |
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
DTC TEST OBJECT A 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 DTC TEST OBJECT A from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, DTC TEST OBJECT A 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 DTC TEST OBJECT A in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- DTC TEST OBJECT B (NORAD 69473)
- TJS-25 (NORAD 69474)
- STARS-X (NORAD 69502)
- PETREL (NORAD 69503)
- BRO-22 (NORAD 69504)
- VERTECS (NORAD 69506)
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