Starlink Tracker: Live Satellite Map & Train Passes

—Starlink satellites in orbit

—above the horizon at your location

White dots: all Starlink satellites. Pink: the launch selected below. Yellow dot: your location.

Visible Starlink passes near you

Passes of the six newest launches over the next 5 days, for the middle satellite of each launch, when it is at least 10° up and sunlit while your sky is dark. In a bunched train the others follow within a minute or two. Times are local to the chosen place.

Newest Starlink launches

Fresh batches travel bunched together as a "Starlink train" before spreading out. Tap a launch to highlight its satellites on the map.

How It Works

Public orbital data plus the SGP4 orbit model, run in your browser.

Watch the live map

The map plots every Starlink satellite from CelesTrak's current catalogue and moves them every few seconds. The dense bands are the orbital shells SpaceX fills, mostly inclined 43° to 53°, plus polar shells.

Set your location

Search for a city or use your device location. The tracker counts how many Starlink satellites are above your horizon right now and predicts visible passes for the newest launches.

Catch a train

Go out a few minutes before the pass time, face the "Crosses" direction and look about as high as the "Highest" angle. A fresh launch appears as a line of steady lights moving together. Check the cloud forecast first, and see which planets are up tonight while you wait.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Starlink satellites are there?

The live counter at the top of the map shows how many Starlink satellites are in orbit right now, counted from CelesTrak's current Starlink catalogue. It is over 10,000 and grows with almost every launch; SpaceX launches new batches of about 20 to 30 satellites several times a month. Satellites that have been lowered and burned up in the atmosphere drop out of the count.

What is a Starlink train?

A Starlink train is the string of lights you see just after a launch: a batch of 20 to 30 satellites released together, travelling one behind another along the same orbit. They are low and close together at first, so they are bright and bunched. Over a few weeks they climb to their working altitude of about 550 km and spread out, and the train fades away. The Newest launches list marks which batches are still bunched closely enough to look like a train.

When can I see Starlink satellites?

Starlink satellites are visible only around dusk and dawn. The satellites shine by reflected sunlight, so you need a dark sky at your location while the satellite, a few hundred kilometres up, is still in sunlight. In the middle of the night they are in Earth's shadow and invisible. The Visible passes table lists the times, directions and heights for your location over the next five days.

How accurate is the tracker?

The tracker's accuracy comes from computing positions in your browser with the standard SGP4 orbit model, from the latest CelesTrak orbital elements, refreshed every two hours. For the operational satellites this is accurate to within a few kilometres. Freshly launched satellites manoeuvre often, so their predicted pass times can drift by a minute or two; check again on the day.

Is the Starlink tracker free?

Yes — the Starlink tracker is completely free, with no sign-up, no app and no advertising. It uses public orbital data from CelesTrak and works in any modern browser on a phone or computer. There is no premium tier or paywalled feature.

Starlink Tracker

How It Works

Watch the live map

Set your location

Catch a train

Frequently Asked Questions

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