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The station
Where the International Space Station is now, where it is heading, and the area of Earth that can see it.
The station is a Pro layer. Open it in the app to see what is behind it.
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Where the International Space Station is now, where it is heading, and the area of Earth that can see it. The position moves smoothly between updates because it is dead-reckoned from the last fix and the velocity. The readout shows its altitude and speed.
Where the data comes from
wheretheiss.at API for satellite 25544; polled every 2 seconds.
Reading the map
The station marker is hollow while it is in the Earth's shadow. The pale circle is its footprint: inside it the station is above the horizon.
Units Altitude in kilometres; speed in km/h.
Put this map on your site
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