International Space Station Location

The world map above displays the current location of the international space station as it orbits earth at over 17 000 miles per hour.
International space station location. The crosshair marks its current position. The iss typically takes one and a half hours to complete an orbit which means the crew on board get to experience over fifteen sunrises and sunsets every day. Track the location of the international space station in real time. The international space station orbits 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth and can be seen from the ground using a new interactive map called spot the station.
The international space station with esa s columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity literally. This map shows the ground track of the international space station s next orbit. The darker areas on the map show where it is currently night time and the long yellow line shows the iss s predicted path up to one and a half hours in the future. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above.
The tracker top map shows where the space station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago 1 5 hr and 90 minutes ahead 1 5 hr. Nasa united states roscosmos russia jaxa japan esa europe and csa canada. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location.
Edt thursday from nasa s wallops flight facility on wallops island virginia. It is a multinational collaborative project between five participating space agencies. The blue sections of the iss track indicate when the space station is in the earth s shadow. The solar arrays have successfully deployed on northrop grumman s cygnus spacecraft that is on its way to deliver nearly 8 000 pounds of scientific investigations technology demonstrations commercial products and other cargo to the international space station after launching at 9 16 p m.
The international space station iss is a modularspace station habitable artificial satellite in low earth orbit. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight. Enter a city or zip code for times to view it right in your backyard. See the plotted paths of past present and future orbits all from a single page.
Live space station tracking map.