ISS Tracker

Watch the International Space Station orbit Earth in real time. Its live position is plotted on a world map with its ground track, alongside the station's latitude, longitude, altitude and speed — refreshed every few seconds from open orbital data. Free, no sign-up.

Live position
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Speed
Sunlight

This shows where the ISS is now, not when it's visible to you. The station is visible from the ground only around dawn or dusk when it's sunlit and your sky is dark. For visible-pass times at your address, see NASA's Spot the Station.

100% free, no sign-up First-party map, no tiles No API key, nothing stored

Asteroid Tracker

Near-Earth asteroids passing close to us — size, speed, and miss distance in lunar distances, from NASA/JPL data.

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Sky Explorer

Pan and zoom across the real night sky — galaxies, nebulae and star fields from professional survey imagery.

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How It Works

Open it and the station appears on the map — no account, no key.

1

Find the station

The blue dot is the ISS right now, plotted from its live latitude and longitude. The dashed line traces its recent ground track across the map.

2

Read the numbers

Below the map, see the station's exact latitude and longitude, its altitude in kilometres, its orbital speed, and whether it is currently in sunlight or Earth's shadow.

3

Watch it move

The position refreshes every few seconds, so the dot keeps gliding — the ISS laps the planet about every 90 minutes. Curious what else is up there? Check the Asteroid Tracker.

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast and how high does the ISS travel?
It orbits at roughly 400–420 km altitude and about 28,000 km/h (around 7.66 km/s) — circling Earth roughly every 90 minutes, about 16 orbits a day. The tracker shows its live altitude and speed as it moves.
What is the ground track and the circle around the ISS?
The dashed line is the ground track — the path on Earth's surface directly beneath the station. The shaded circle is its footprint: the area of Earth from which the ISS is currently above the horizon, and so potentially visible when conditions are right.
Where does the position data come from?
From the open wheretheiss.at API, which computes it from public orbital elements (TLE data). The map is a first-party SVG drawn in your browser — no map tiles, no external map requests, nothing stored.
Can I see the ISS from my location?
Sometimes — when it passes overhead around dawn or dusk and is still sunlit while your sky is dark. This tracker shows where it is now; for exact visible-pass times at your address, NASA's Spot the Station is the best source.