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ISS OBJECT YN — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69797)
Track ISS OBJECT YN (NORAD catalog number 69797) 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 YN of 1998's 67th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 1998-067YN). 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 YN flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 389 × 404 km, completing one revolution every 92.3 minutes — about 15.6 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0011). 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 32.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.03° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~389 km × 404 km |
| Inclination | 51.63° |
| Orbital period | 92.3 min (15.59 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00109 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-21 |
| COSPAR designation | 1998-067YN |
| NORAD catalog number | 69797 |
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.
About the Other Active Satellites group
ISS OBJECT YN 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 YN from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, ISS OBJECT YN 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.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of ISS OBJECT YN in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- ISS OBJECT YM (NORAD 69796)
- ISS OBJECT YP (NORAD 69798)
- PROVES-ELECTRA (NORAD 69795)
- ISS OBJECT YQ (NORAD 69799)
- HUCSAT (NORAD 69794)
- QIANFAN-201 (NORAD 69800)
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