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OrbitLive

OrbitLive

Live satellite and ISS tracking with pass predictions for your location.

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Tracked now
2653
Strongest (km altitude)
CelesTrak
Source

Scale (km altitude)

SurfaceLow LEOISS bandUpper LEOHigh LEOLEO ceiling

Learn the basics

Right now there are thousands of working satellites circling Earth, plus tens of thousands of tracked pieces of debris. Each one follows a predictable orbit, so if you know where it is and how fast it’s moving you can calculate exactly where it will be minutes or days from now — and whether it will fly over your backyard tonight.

OrbitLive takes the public catalog of orbital data — Two-Line Element sets, or TLEs, published by CelesTrak — and propagates each object forward with the standard SGP4 model to compute its live position and ground track. The result is a real-time map of the sky overhead, the International Space Station included, with pass predictions for your location.