LIVE ORBITAL DATA
There are people up there.
A live ISS tracker on a 3D globe. The International Space Station — position, orbit path and day-night passes — free for everyone, no account needed.
What the station layer shows
Live position
The station's current location over the Earth, updating in real time as it circles the planet roughly every 90 minutes.
Full orbit path
Not just a dot — the entire ground track across the globe, so you can see where it's been and where it's going next.
Day/night terminator
Watch the ISS pass through sunlight and shadow. Crew sunrises come fast up there — sixteen a day, give or take.
Satellites alongside
The ISS shares the globe with thousands of tracked satellites — Starlink trains, weather satellites and more, all live.
Why tracking it is fun
There is something quietly thrilling about watching a dot cross the map and knowing there are people on it. The ISS is the largest human-made object ever put in space — a football-field of solar panels and modules with a crew of astronauts inside — and it's up there right now, moving at 28,000 km/h.
Tracking it on the globe gives you an instinct for its rhythm: the near-vertical sweeps across latitudes, the way it races over the night side into sunrise, the passes that skim right over your part of the world. After a while you stop seeing a dot and start seeing an orbit.
And then the best part: stepping outside at the right minute and waving at a light crossing the sky — while knowing exactly where it is, because you just watched it get there.
How to spot it yourself
1. Check the pass. Use the globe to see when the station's ground track comes near you, or check a pass-prediction tool from your space agency for exact times, brightness and direction.
2. Go out at dusk or dawn. The station reflects sunlight — it's only visible while it's sunlit and your sky is dark, usually within a couple of hours of sunset or sunrise.
3. Look for steady and fast. Unlike aircraft, it doesn't blink. Unlike planets, it moves — crossing the sky in a few minutes. Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
ISS tracker FAQ
Is the ISS tracker free?
Yes — completely. Satellite tracking, including the ISS, is part of the free map: no account, no signup, no credit card. Open the site and the station is already overhead somewhere.
What is the International Space Station?
The ISS is a continuously crewed research laboratory in low Earth orbit, assembled by five space agencies and partners from more than a dozen countries. Astronauts have lived aboard it without interruption since 2000, running thousands of experiments in microgravity.
How high is the ISS and how fast does it go?
The station orbits roughly 400 km above the surface — high enough to stay above almost all of the atmosphere, low enough to reach. At about 28,000 km/h it circles the planet roughly every 90 minutes, so the crew sees about sixteen sunrises a day.
Can I see the ISS with my own eyes?
Yes, and it's one of the easiest objects in the sky to spot. Look for a bright, steady, fast-moving point of light shortly after sunset or before sunrise — no telescope needed. The globe helps you learn its rhythm: when it's passing near you, it's worth stepping outside.
Why is the ISS sometimes easy to spot and sometimes not?
Visibility depends on the station being sunlit while your sky is dark — typically the hour or two after sunset or before sunrise. In the middle of the night it flies through Earth's shadow; in daylight it's lost in the blue. Space agencies and spotter tools publish pass predictions for your exact location.
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