International Space Station Tracker and 3D Views
Find the ISS in the Solar Timeline Explorer and learn how its orbital tracking differs from live video.
Follow the ISS
The Explorer places the International Space Station around Earth using dated orbital data. The displayed position is an estimate derived from that data, not a live camera feed or a spacecraft telemetry stream.
Explore the view
Use the spacecraft and orbit controls to inspect its relationship to Earth. Check the displayed date and source information when interpreting a position; the age of the orbital data matters.
Spacecraft in detail
The separate Library offers 3D spacecraft inspection, camera presets and available model actions. Illustrative animation and accelerated demonstrations are labelled separately from real-time tracking.