TransitSatellite is built to help people explore satellites, planets, missions, and space activity with clear labels, honest data expectations, and practical privacy guidance.
TransitSatellite uses public and third-party data sources to help users explore satellites, planets, missions, and space activity.
Some features use live or near-live data, while some sections are educational, preview, demo, or visually simplified for readability.
Satellite visibility, orbit paths, Solar System positions, and mission views may vary based on data freshness, browser location permissions, device settings, time, weather, and the limits of the source data.
Solar System distances, orbit paths, and mission positions may be visually compressed so planets, moons, and spacecraft can be viewed together in one readable experience.
This helps users learn and explore without requiring the map to show the enormous true scale of space on a normal screen.
TransitSatellite may use your browser location to calculate visibility and map results.
Location permission is controlled by your browser. You can deny location access and still use other parts of the platform.
Account features may save user-selected items such as saved satellites, saved Library pages, saved planets, and saved missions.
TransitSatellite is an independent educational and tracking platform.
TransitSatellite is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by NASA, NOAA, SpaceX, ESA, CelesTrak, or any government agency unless specifically stated.
References to public agencies, companies, missions, or data providers are used for identification, education, attribution, and context.
Some areas of TransitSatellite may be labeled as preview, demo, or coming soon while they are being developed.
Those labels are used so visitors understand which parts are fully active and which parts are early, educational, or demonstration features.
Some Gear or Library links may be affiliate links.
TransitSatellite may earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate links are intended to fit the educational, product, or resource purpose of the page where they appear.
TransitSatellite account tools are designed around user-chosen saved items, including saved satellites, saved Library pages, saved planets, and saved missions. Saved-item features help users return to what they care about without making every visitor create an account before exploring.
