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XIGUANG-4 01 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 101142)
Track XIGUANG-4 01 (NORAD catalog number 101142) 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 238th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2026-238A).
Moving at about 7.60 km/s, XIGUANG-4 01 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 537 × 554 km, completing one revolution every 95.4 minutes — about 15.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0013). Its 39.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 38.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.83° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~537 km × 554 km |
| Inclination | 39.00° |
| Orbital period | 95.4 min (15.09 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00128 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-28 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-238A |
| NORAD catalog number | 101142 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-31. 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
XIGUANG-4 01 is one of 4,848 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 XIGUANG-4 01 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, XIGUANG-4 01 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 XIGUANG-4 01 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- BANDWAGON-5 OBJECT AG (NORAD 101141)
- FLOCK 4J-9 (NORAD 101143)
- BANDWAGON-5 OBJECT AF (NORAD 101140)
- HAWK-16A (NORAD 101144)
- BANDWAGON-5 OBJECT AE (NORAD 101139)
- HAWK-16B (NORAD 101145)
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