Overhead tonight
Drag the map and slide the time. Tap a satellite for its height and speed. The dashed line is where it has just been and where it is headed.
1 viewThe space station, weather satellites, GPS and the brighter satellites, placed from the orbits published for them.
Drawing the latest figures…
Questions people ask
Is the dot exactly where the satellite is?
It is calculated from the public orbit file, which is a few hours old. For something as low as the space station that can be a short distance off. It is close enough to see which part of the world it is over.
Why not every satellite?
There are thousands, most of them faint. This map keeps the ones people ask about: the station, the weather satellites, GPS, and a list of bright ones.
Orbits: CelesTrak. Positions are calculated by Sureno from those elements.
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