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ISS Live Tracker
NORAD 25544 tracking in real time
Track China's Tiangong space station in real time, get visible-pass predictions for your location, and find it in the sky with an in-browser AR finder. What is Tiangong?
Stored only in this browser. Log it when you spot the satellite overhead.
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Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace") is China's modular space station, built around the Tianhe core module launched in April 2021 and operated by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Like the ISS, it flies in low Earth orbit and has been continuously crewed since 2021 by rotating teams of Chinese astronauts, known as taikonauts.
Its NORAD catalog number is 48274, cataloged under the name "CSS (TIANHE)". This tracker computes its live position the same way it does for the ISS: SGP4 propagation over a TLE refreshed regularly from CelesTrak.
What is Tiangong?
Tiangong is China's modular space station, crewed continuously since 2021, built around the Tianhe core module.
Can I see who's aboard Tiangong right now?
Yes — the People in space panel above lists the current Tiangong crew alongside anyone aboard the ISS.
The map above shows Tiangong's real-time position, computed from official NORAD/CelesTrak orbital data using SGP4 propagation — the same method used by professional satellite-tracking software.
Enter your location (or tap “Use my location”) in the Next Pass panel for upcoming visible pass times, including elevation, duration, and a cloud-cover forecast. A pass is visible when the station is sunlit but your sky is already dark.
A NORAD ID (Satellite Catalog Number) uniquely identifies every tracked object in Earth orbit. A TLE (Two-Line Element set) encodes a satellite's orbit and is refreshed regularly from CelesTrak; Tiangong's NORAD ID is 48274.
Yes — use the satellite picker in the header to switch to the ISS, the Hubble Space Telescope, NOAA 19, or search for any other cataloged satellite by name or NORAD ID.
Yes, it's completely free, requires no account, and can be installed as an app on your phone or desktop.
Scan with your phone's camera — it'll open here with your location and jump straight into AR.
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