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QIANFAN-209 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69808)
Track QIANFAN-209 (NORAD catalog number 69808) 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 J of 2026's 153rd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-153J). It went up together with 17 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 914 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.43 km/s, QIANFAN-209 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 857 × 869 km, completing one revolution every 102.1 minutes — about 14.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0008). Inclined 89.0° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 353.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.11° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~857 km × 869 km |
| Inclination | 89.00° |
| Orbital period | 102.1 min (14.11 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00083 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-153J |
| NORAD catalog number | 69808 |
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.
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QIANFAN-209 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 QIANFAN-209 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, QIANFAN-209 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 QIANFAN-209 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- QIANFAN-208 (NORAD 69807)
- QIANFAN-210 (NORAD 69809)
- QIANFAN-207 (NORAD 69806)
- QIANFAN-211 (NORAD 69810)
- QIANFAN-206 (NORAD 69805)
- QIANFAN-212 (NORAD 69811)
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