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QIANFAN-217 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69816)

Track QIANFAN-217 (NORAD catalog number 69816) 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 S of 2026's 153rd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-153S). 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 1,546 revolutions of Earth.

Moving at about 7.41 km/s, QIANFAN-217 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 886 × 899 km, completing one revolution every 102.7 minutes — about 14.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0009). Inclined 89.0° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 347.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.11° per day.

Orbital elements

Orbit regime	low Earth orbit (LEO)
Perigee × apogee altitude	~886 km × 899 km
Inclination	88.99°
Orbital period	102.7 min (14.02 rev/day)
Eccentricity	0.00085
Element set epoch	2026-10-21
COSPAR designation	2026-153S
NORAD catalog number	69816

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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QIANFAN-217 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 QIANFAN-217 from the ground?

Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, QIANFAN-217 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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