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ISS OBJECT YM — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69796)

Track ISS OBJECT YM (NORAD catalog number 69796) 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 YM of 1998's 67th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 1998-067YM). It went up together with 13 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.

Moving at about 7.68 km/s, ISS OBJECT YM flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 390 × 404 km, completing one revolution every 92.3 minutes — about 15.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0010). 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 40.1°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.03° per day.

Orbital elements

Orbit regime	low Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude	~390 km × 404 km
Inclination	51.63°
Orbital period	92.3 min (15.59 rev/day)
Eccentricity	0.00100
Element set epoch	2026-10-19
COSPAR designation	1998-067YM
NORAD catalog number	69796

This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. 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.

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ISS OBJECT YM is one of 4,802 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 ISS OBJECT YM from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, ISS OBJECT YM 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 the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.

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