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STARLINK-5873 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 56490)
Track STARLINK-5873 (NORAD catalog number 56490) 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 AU of 2023's 64th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2023-064AU). It went up together with 48 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.58 km/s, STARLINK-5873 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 577 × 581 km, completing one revolution every 96.1 minutes — about 15.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0003). Inclined 70.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 70° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 236.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 2.52° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~577 km × 581 km |
| Inclination | 70.00° |
| Orbital period | 96.1 min (14.98 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00030 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-28 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-064AU |
| NORAD catalog number | 56490 |
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 Starlink group
STARLINK-5873 is one of 11,159 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites in the current WatchSat catalog — the largest satellite constellation ever flown. Its satellites fly in low-Earth-orbit shells, at a median altitude of about 470 km in this catalog. See the whole Starlink constellation move live in 3D.
Can you see STARLINK-5873 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, STARLINK-5873 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 STARLINK-5873 in the Starlink group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- STARLINK-5923 (NORAD 56489)
- STARLINK-5842 (NORAD 56491)
- STARLINK-6204 (NORAD 56488)
- STARLINK-5846 (NORAD 56492)
- STARLINK-6196 (NORAD 56487)
- STARLINK-5841 (NORAD 56493)
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