Instructions

The satellites are displayed based on their calculated positions in orbit.

Hover your cursor over a satellite to see its name. Click on a satellite to bring up details about that satellite, including links to more information about it from Science.nasa.gov and National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).

Zoom in for a closer look at a satellite's orbit. Zoom out to see satellites in larger orbits and further distances from Earth.

Click and drag to rotate the Earth.

Click on the Globe Display icon to choose the type of map and perspective you are viewing.

By default, the NASA Science satellites are displayed. Click on the Satellite icon to view a different group of satellites or find a specific satellite.

If you shared your location with your browser a marker will indicate this position on the map.

Select a Satellite:

Satellite Group:

NASA Science 100 (or so) Brightest COSMOS 2251 Debris FENGYUN 1C Debris IRIDIUM 33 Debris Last 30 Days' Launches Space Stations Disaster Monitoring Earth Resources GOES NOAA Search & Rescue (SARSAT) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Weather Amateur Radio Experimental Geostationary Globalstar Gorizont Intelsat Iridium Molniya Other Orbcomm Raduga GPS Operational Galileo Glonass Operational Navy Navigation Satellite System Russian LEO Navigation Satellite-Based Augmentation System Education Engineering Geodetic Space & Earth Science CubeSats Miscellaneous Military Other Radar Calibration

Select Satellite:

Globe Display

Satellite Id

Velocity (km/s)

Velocity (mi/s)

Latitude (°)

Longitude(°)

Height (km)

Height (mi)

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Science Mission Directorate
National Space Science Data Center