Watch the 2-minute tour
See ISS Live Tracker in action: the live map, pass times with a cloud forecast, what is in the sky tonight, rocket launch countdowns, pass alerts and the free map widget. It is free and needs no sign-up.
The tour
The footage is the real website, recorded on 22 October 2026, so the numbers on screen are a snapshot. The narration is a synthetic (text-to-speech) voice.
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What the tour covers
The tour follows the same path most visitors take. It starts with the live map, which shows where the International Space Station is right now, updated every second, along with the path it is about to fly and live telemetry such as altitude, speed and whether the station is in sunlight or Earth’s shadow.
Next comes the part most people want: when the station passes over you. The page predicts every pass for the next 48 hours, shows how high it climbs and which way to look, and checks the cloud forecast and estimated brightness, so you only step outside when it is worth it.
The tour then shows Sky Tonight (when it gets dark, the Moon, and which planets are visible), the rocket launch schedule with live countdowns, and a quick look at who is on board, space weather, close approaches and Sun and Moon transits. It finishes with pass alerts and the free embeddable map widget for your own website.
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Right now, the International Space Station is racing around the Earth at more than twenty-seven thousand kilometres an hour.
Meet ISS Live Tracker. A free way to follow it live, and to know exactly when to look up.
The live map shows the station's position, updated every second, along with the path it is about to fly.
Beside it, live telemetry: latitude and longitude, altitude, speed, and whether the station is in sunlight, or in Earth's shadow.
Switch on the aurora layer to see where the northern and southern lights are glowing.
Set your location, and it predicts every pass over you for the next forty-eight hours.
You see the time, how high the station climbs, and which way to look. It even checks the cloud forecast and estimates the brightness, so you only step outside when it is worth it.
Planning a night of stargazing? Sky Tonight shows when it gets dark, the phase of the Moon, and which planets are visible, and where to find them.
Follow every rocket launch, with live countdowns, launch windows, and a filter for missions heading to the space station.
See who is on board right now. Check space weather. Track close approaches with other satellites. Or find out when the station crosses the face of the Sun or the Moon.
Turn on pass alerts, and your phone tells you before a visible pass. And if you run a website, you can embed the live map for free.
ISS Live Tracker. Free. No sign-up. Works on any device. Open ISS tracker live dot space, and look up tonight.
Frequently asked questions
Is ISS Live Tracker free?
Yes. It is free, needs no account and no app, and works in any modern browser on a phone or computer.
Why do the numbers in the video differ from the site?
The video is a recording from 22 October 2026. The live site recalculates the station’s position and your pass times continuously, so what you see will always be current.
Can I watch with captions?
Yes. Use the captions button in the video player to turn on English captions. The full narration is also written out above.
Where does the data come from?
Orbital data comes from CelesTrak and is turned into positions in your browser using the SGP4 model. Cloud forecasts come from Open-Meteo. The About page explains the methods and their accuracy.
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