crewed
The ISS
Seven humans, 420 km up, moving at 7.66 km/s.
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live orbital telemetry
watch thesky move.
A live map of every satellite, rocket and station above you — orbital mechanics made beautiful, so you can watch humanity's hardware circle the earth, get pass alerts, and follow every launch from pad to parking orbit.
earth, 420 km up · live feed
27,140 objects tracked
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How it works
Three steps. No telescope required.
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Track every object
Orbit pulls fresh TLEs for every satellite, stage, and fleck of debris — then plots them all on one live map.
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Predict every pass
From your coordinates we compute exactly when the bright ones cross your sky, and how long you'll have.
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Watch the sky move
Alerts, replays, and launch feeds — the whole of near-earth space, legible for the first time.
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Everything but the jargon
The sky, made simple.
Live orbital map
Every object above you, updated every sixty seconds, in one spinning map.
Pass predictions
Know the exact minute the ISS or a bright train crosses your roof.
Launch tracking
Every orbital launch, from T-minus through stage separation to parking orbit.
Live telemetry
Real doppler and ranging from a ground network on six continents.
Open data
TLEs, ephemerides, and a public API — free, with attribution.
A real community
Astrophotographers, ham operators, and sky-watchers who share the map.
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The sky, live
Every dot is a real object, moving on its real orbit.
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The high ground
Shot from and of orbit.
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Ignition
One launch, from the pad up.
telemetry
launch complex · shot by our tracking crew
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Tracked right now
A few of the things we're following this minute.
fleet
A Starlink train
Five thousand satellites flying in formation.
5,800 active
science
Hubble
Thirty years old and still the best eye we have.
540 km
target
The moon
The next thing we're walking on.
384,400 km
From the desk of Soren Vance
Most people look at the sky and see stars. I see a city.
I built the first version of orbit in a rented garage with a $30 SDR dongle and a coat-hanger antenna, listening to NOAA weather satellites as they passed over my house. That first "beep" from a satellite 800 kilometers up rewired my brain.
What I realized: the sky is not empty and it is not still. There are twenty-seven thousand objects up there, and every single one is moving. Most of us never notice because it all happens in silence, too slow to watch and too fast to follow.
So here's the invitation. Open the live map, pick a satellite, and follow it around the planet once. You'll never look up the same way again.
Soren VanceFounder, ORBIT
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By the numbers
Live, from our backend.
27,140
objects tracked
8,412
active satellites
1,340
launches logged
22
ground stations
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Loved by sky-watchers
People who finally saw it.
★★★★★
"I've been watching satellites since the 90s. Orbit is the first tool that made it feel like the sky was speaking back."
Dana R.Ham operator
★★★★★
"Set the ISS alert, walked outside at 9:14, and there it was — exactly where the app said. My kids won't stop talking about it."
Marcus L.Parent of two stargazers
★★★★★
"The live map is hypnotic. I leave it on my second monitor and watch the constellation trains crawl across the Pacific."
June A.Everyday sky-watcher
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The roadmap
Where we're going.
Q3 2026
Live orbital map + pass predictions, in open beta.
Q4 2026
Launch tracking with per-event telemetry and replays.
Q1 2027
A public API and open ephemeris archive for builders.
Q2 2027
Mobile apps with offline star maps and a sky-scan camera.
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Questions, answered.
How does orbit track satellites?+
We pull fresh TLEs (orbital elements) from public sources and our own ground network, then propagate each object's position in real time.
Is the live map really live?+
Yes — positions refresh every sixty seconds, driven by real ephemerides, not a looped animation.
Can I see the ISS from my house?+
Almost certainly. Set your coordinates and we'll tell you exactly when and where to look.
Is it just for satellites?+
No. We track debris, space stations, rockets, and launches — the whole near-earth sky.
Is orbit free?+
Yes — the live map, pass predictions, and core tracking are free now and stay free after launch.
Do you sell my location?+
Never. Your coordinates are used only to compute passes for you, and never leave your session.
The sky is already moving.
watch the sky move.
earth's limb at sunrise