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KUIPER-00542 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69611)
Track KUIPER-00542 (NORAD catalog number 69611) 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 140th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-140V). It went up together with 35 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 563 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.64 km/s, KUIPER-00542 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 455 × 466 km, completing one revolution every 93.7 minutes — about 15.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0008). 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 1.6°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.84° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~455 km × 466 km |
| Inclination | 51.88° |
| Orbital period | 93.7 min (15.38 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00082 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-140V |
| NORAD catalog number | 69611 |
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-00542 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-00542 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, KUIPER-00542 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-00542 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- KUIPER-00541 (NORAD 69610)
- KUIPER-00543 (NORAD 69612)
- KUIPER-00540 (NORAD 69609)
- KUIPER-00544 (NORAD 69613)
- KUIPER-00538 (NORAD 69608)
- KUIPER-00546 (NORAD 69614)
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