Home › Other Active Satellites › CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)
CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 69972)
Track CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) (NORAD catalog number 69972) 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 has been on orbit since 2026, launched on the 158th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2026-158A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 840 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.45 km/s, CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 811 × 819 km, completing one revolution every 101.0 minutes — about 14.3 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0005). Inclined 50.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 50° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 52.5°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 4.22° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~811 km × 819 km |
| Inclination | 49.98° |
| Orbital period | 101.0 min (14.25 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00052 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-158A |
| NORAD catalog number | 69972 |
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
CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) 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 CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) 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 CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- ET-001C (NORAD 69942)
- BOHR (NORAD 69941)
- LEMUR-2-ELEONORE (NORAD 69940)
- CLOUDCT-PRECURSOR (NORAD 69939)
- CYBERCUBE (NORAD 69938)
- LEONAV-1 (NORAD 69937)
Browse the Other Active Satellites directory or the full satellite directory · What is a TLE? · WatchSat live globe