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Updates (latest first)

* 30th October 2024 - changed the definition of 'parked' vs 'in service' to a lower altitude break of 445km thus the in-service graph jumped and the yellow in-active line dropped

* 26th April 2024 - updated the conjunctions page today. Some more site updates are in the pipeline.

* 9th December - All the recent altitude history graphs and batching of satellites per launch were buggered up due to errors in automated data retrieval -- this was untangled and now the data looks ok again and hopefully will stay that way.

* 30th June - Automation of tweeting for following events: additional launches scheduled, additional catalogued satellites from recent launches, close conjunctions to ISS or CSS

* 8th June - Added launches pages for starlink launches which lead to individual orbit insertion graphs.

* 26th April - the three approximate Italian ground station locations have been added. Without online copies of any official paperwork and approvals the lat/long or curtent operational status is uncertain

* 19th April - not a lot to report. During a pause in starlink launches, quite a number of re-entries are happening. Judging by misdirected emails a large number of customers are waiting in limbo with little to no information from Starlink on their order progress. If you follow our twitter, the monday movie is getting tweaked slightly.

* 17th March - Now on google play store:

* 2022 Jan/Mar - All 2022 launches added as they became available. App altered so wifi-only ipads can load it. Android app in google play store waiting approval. Searching by NORAD now selects the satellite instead of just moving the globe. Altitudes are now continuously shown instead of changing once every two minutes.

* 30th December - ISS and CSS added to globe. Added re-entry predictions from space-track to globe. These appear as flashing red/yellow squares if there are any active. Zoom in for details.

* 22th December - Still no 18th December starlink launch satellites available for tracking. Some minor bug-fixes with new search option. Can search Launches now by typing a date or a launch #. Last launch being tracked is #32, #33 has no tracking yet

* 2th December - where is Oneweb? It has not vanished. In Settings, in Filter, select Oneewb (or GPS, or Starlink)

* 25th November - sorry for the fairly brief recent outages and issues relating to support for an up-coming App. They're back under control now

* 21st November - added the new batch from the last launch

* 16th November - clean up of top bar now all the extra functions are in "..."

* 14th November - Mercator projection is finally not annoyingly broken. Including pan and zoom and touch zoom

* 12th November - fixed bug for filtering by launches. You can now enter either launch numbers eg 1,2,3,5 or a range for example 10-15

* 6th November - In Settings > Home , for the purposes of guessing at line of sight reception, you can specify whether the terminal faces north, south or directly up. If it faces directly up then anything over 45 degrees above the horizon is considered visible. As per North or South, this is obviously a wild approximation.

* 4th November - added view density of starlink satellites in an area, option is in Settings.. Display.. Intensity

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* 27th October - optimisations for less cpu. Feedback functions are growing in bottom right of screen. Added conjunctions analysis

* 19th October - customer coverage estimate based on ground station list is added. Turn off in settings

* 9th October - bug fixes especially on mobile. Now you can bookmark an object for example a direct link to view Norad 47914. Momentum.

* 29th September - added two more starlink batches, one tiny and one normal, and a new oneweb batch

* 7th September - southern hemisphere home - sat visibility flipped to looking south by default

* 14th June - added two more launches

* 21st May - added two more launches, fixed bug where ground stations were not being added as they are found, (see Europe for new ground stations), show starlink names with sufficient zoom. Added a close X to altitude history window.

* 6th May - updated the How To Use section below and reformatted the preferences modal slightly

* 16th April - added March 25th oneweb launch, and starlink launch 25 (24 officially)

* 14th April - launch 23 and 24 (22 and 23 using wikipedia numbering) have norad IDs now

* 31st March - nearby satellites to your home lat long over the horizon that are sunlit are now shown in yellow. If your location is after sunset or before dawn you may be able to locate these visually by elevation and azimuth, depending on reflectivity and other factors. Thanks to @laurenlaufman for this idea.
Launch 22 (official launch 21 / March 11th) is added. 14th and 24th launch sats are not yet in Norad.

* 30th March - Data dumped for visibility now includes all satellites over 25 degree elevation plus a new column for whether or not the red line is drawn (cone of receiver). You can now do your own analysis by filtering for azimuth and elevation to determine number of satellites in view assuming a certain dish orientation

* 28th March - Folder icon downloads visibility data as a CSV if browser is left viewing 'home'. (work in progress). An hour of data is roughly representative of theoretical connection status at your latitude but with many uncertainties.

* 21st March - fixed bug where green home dot did not appear. Zooming in now gives elevation and azimuth to "in range" satellites. State boundaries now plotted.

* 19th March - added NZ ground stations, removed floating display of sats and ground stations, click on either to get the same info. Map link is now in the pop-up for ground-station click

* 17th March - added launch 21 (4th march) (wikipedia calls it launch 20). The 11th and 14th March launches are not yet in the norad catalog. Clicking a ground station icon pops up the text description published by the shared google map. Yes I am aware there is nothing yet showing for the UK or NZ ground stations. Yes I am aware the default view of home to satellites in the southern hemisphere may end up being south facing not north facing.

* 7th March - added oneweb. ground station icon change. Fixed recent bug where positions were 2 minutes out of sync. Selecting satellite reveals path.

* 4th March - added launch 19 and 20

* 3rd March - Changed 'satellites in view' display to approximate known info on dish: oriented roughly north, 25 degrees above horizon to just past overhead, with a 100 degree "cone" of view around dish aim spot. Your usable sky may vary. Added a lite mode. Added Graticules. Added go-Home link. Improved PWA (install page as app) support.

* 1st March - store a lat/long in settings to set a home point and have the map move there and zoom in by default. Use negatives if Latitude is SOUTH or Longtitude is WEST. Number of satellites within 45 degree view is continuously displayed. Much bugs fixed.

* 28th Feb - selected satellite (clicking on left label) shows on globe in green. You can also click a moving satellite on the globe to focus in same way. Satellites on same orbit (lead follow) show in yellow when one is selected. Links from ground stations open apple maps on IOS. Fixed a bug where launches 1 and 2 sats had stale data. Added constellation layout scatter plot.

* 27th Feb - maybe got mentioned somewhere, too much traffic all at once took site offline so fixed nginx config.

* 17th Feb - disable ground station display in settings. Filter by orbital planes in settings. Try 320-360 (degrees), for example.

* 13th Feb - select (filter) any combination of launches. For example changing 'any' to '14,15' filters just for launch 14 and launch 15

* 7th Feb - Add all CONUS stations filed. Removing beta test lat/long lines

* 5th Feb - Added launches 16 17 and 18 (small launch). Other base station dots coming shortly.

* 13th December - Added settings for visibility rings and toggle day/night red/white coloring

* 1st December - Lauch 14,15 has been added. Follow @starlink_map on twitter for notifications

* 20th November - hide/show the table on the right using +/-

* 5th November - added some FCC filed base stations

* 24th October - Lauch 12,13 has been added. Follow @starlink_map on twitter for notifications

* 31st August - Lauch 11 has been added. Follow @starlink_map on twitter for notifications

* 15th August - Lauch 10 has been added. Follow @starlink_map on twitter for notifications

* 18th July - use settings to filter as required

* 15th July - 'beta' customer area shown within two red lines

* 29th June - Added launches 7 thru 9

* 28th April - Added launches 3 thru 6 to make 360 total satellites (less the ones that burned up)

* 8th December - hover over a sat name and globe moves to center it. Sats now float over globle. Click to set your location

* 2th December - click on a sat label to see a graph of recent altitude

* 18th November - Added tracking of the second launch

* 8th November - Soon after the November 11th batch appears in space-track data they will be included in some way

How to use

Most preferences can be set (persistently stored) using the cog (settings) link at the top. You can increase performance by turning off rings, turning off ground station dots and filtering for active satellites.

Preferences can filter by launch number or numbers. Enter the list of launches with commas for example 24,25 would display only the satellites from that launch

Day/Night refers to coloring the satellites according to whether they are over land after sunset or after sunrise

Rings refers to very approximate area of usability. Of course the actual direction the reception dish determins actual visibility

Enter your home address in lat/long form (note the numbers must be negative f you need to enter West or South numbers) to enable default display of your immediate satellites and view count

Mouse: click hold and drag to move globe, zoom in with scroll wheel or two finger touch pad move. Zoom for more detail.

Mobile: use normal touch operations to move and zoom/unzoom globe

The ".." Download Data link downloads accumulated data on visibility of satellites second by second. Click it to download the file for your own amusement and processing (for example to determine your own metric on visibility over a period)

Map is live from latest observational data from space track dot org.

You can click satellites, or click ground stations for further information

Please refer to the Key (link at bottom of page)

Please shift-reload or clear browser cache if you feel the browser may be stuck with an old version

Contact

1. Send a twitter DM to starlink_map
2. Use the (+) button in the bottom corner and the (bug) button

About

This is not a resource affiliated in any way with SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, Elon etc etc nor is it any official service. The data comes from public tracking data published at space-track.org and elsewhere. The calculations and visualization are best effort and you should not use it as authoritative.

Press

You have permission to use screenshots in articles or other media however if you do so, please include either a clickable link or if that is not possible, clearly indicate the source of the picture video or other mention as (satellitemap.space). Feel free to ask questions via DMs on twitter above I might even be able to answer some of them.

Privacy Policy (simple version)

No external cookies are used, no ads or third party services are plugged in (except for the inline tweet plugin from twitter on one page). No data that can personally identify you is stored (with the excepton of an email address if you choose to provide one). The only cookies in use here are necessary technical cookies used to remember preferences (settings), and for session management. If you use the feedback function to send anythng you can Remove it at any time if you also provided your email address. If you have any privacy request or question please email support at satellitemap.space

Privacy Policy (full version)

Last updated: November 24, 2021

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Application means the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Satellitemap.space
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Satellitemap.space.
Country refers to: Australia
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, certain features may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You:

Email address
Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Information Collected while Using the Application

While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission:

Information regarding your location

We use this information to provide features of Our Service, to improve and customize Our Service. The information may be uploaded to the Company's servers and/or a Service Provider's server or it may be simply stored on Your device.

You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through Your Device settings.

You can remove all information, at any time, by function of the Account page

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
To contact You: To contact You by email, or via a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, to improve our Service, products, services and your experience.

We may share Your - suitably anonymized - personal information in the following situations but no others:

With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, we will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: privacy (at) satellitemap.space