In space
Navigation satellites
The constellations behind every phone’s location, GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou, most of them about 20,000 km up, drawn where they are now.
What you see
- Satellites named GPS or Navstar, Galileo, GLONASS or BeiDou.
- Click one for its orbit, altitude, speed and period.
Where the data comes from
- CelesTrakPublished orbital elements for active satellites, bright objects and three debris clouds.
Orbital elements are refreshed from CelesTrak every 2 hours. Positions are worked out in your browser from them, so satellites move smoothly in real time.
Good to know
- This layer is picked out by satellite name, so it is approximate: a few satellites land in the wrong group or none.
- Regional systems such as Japan’s QZSS and India’s NavIC are not on this layer.
Goes well with
GPS jamming and interferenceWhere aircraft are reporting degraded GPS right now, worked out from their own ADS-B broadcasts: a live map of likely GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Satellite trackerAbout 18,000 satellites and pieces of debris on a live 3D globe, placed from CelesTrak orbital data: see what is overhead, its orbit and its next passes.