Sky Globe
What's on the Sky Globe right now
The globe shows 1,517 objects in orbit where they really are: 2 space stations, 1,145 Starlink satellites, 272 other satellites and 98 spent rocket stages. Their positions are worked out in your browser from orbit data we refresh every six hours.
Next launches
- IRNSS-1L (NVS-03), GSLV Mk. II from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India, October 30, 2026 6:21 PM UTC
- Starlink Group 15-18, Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, October 31, 2026 3:48 AM UTC
- The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9), Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, November 2, 2026 8:45 AM UTC
- SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?, Kinetica 2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, November 3, 2026 12:10 AM UTC
- USSF-432, Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, November 3, 2026 1:42 AM UTC
- Demo Flight, Mir from Sea Launch, November 4, 2026 5:00 AM UTC
- Unknown Payload, Ceres-2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, November 4, 2026 9:00 PM UTC
- SatNet LEO Group TBD?, Long March 12 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China, November 5, 2026 8:00 PM UTC
Where people reported sightings
- Phoenix: 2 sightings, latest Bright light low in the west over Phoenix: the SAOCOM 1A launch
- Atlanta: 1 sighting, latest A "space jellyfish" before dawn over Georgia: the CRS-35 cargo launch
- Fort Lauderdale: 1 sighting, latest Glowing debris over South Florida and the Bahamas: Starship Flight 8
- Providenciales: 1 sighting, latest Streaks of fire over Turks and Caicos at dusk: Starship Flight 7 breaking up
- Paterson: 1 sighting, latest The New Jersey "drone" wave of December 2024
- Orlando: 1 sighting, latest A red glow low in the north over Orlando: the October 2024 aurora
- Lisbon: 1 sighting, latest A blue-green fireball over Portugal and Spain: a comet fragment
- Gainesville: 1 sighting, latest Northern lights over Florida during the May 2024 storm
Asteroids passing Earth
- 2026 UD, October 30, 2026: 11.6 times the Moon's distance, 7.7 km/s, roughly 25 m across
- 2025 UK9, October 31, 2026: 0.8 times the Moon's distance, 7.8 km/s, roughly 4 m across
- 524522 Zoozve (2002 VE68), November 2, 2026: 15.7 times the Moon's distance, 8.7 km/s, roughly 277 m across
- 2021 VC4, November 3, 2026: 6 times the Moon's distance, 11.2 km/s, roughly 15 m across
- 2017 WJ2, November 5, 2026: 15.6 times the Moon's distance, 11.8 km/s, roughly 118 m across
Recent fireballs
- October 4, 2026: 41.8° S, 173.1° W, 26.9 km up, 13.8 km/s
- September 15, 2026: 37.6° S, 161.6° W, 37 km up
- September 11, 2026: 0.2° S, 129.6° W, 70 km up
- September 11, 2026: 54.4° N, 100.1° W, 38 km up, 20.7 km/s
- September 10, 2026: 19.3° S, 28.1° W, 33.6 km up, 19.3 km/s
Fireballs reach NASA's list days to weeks after they happen.
Credits: Earth images, city lights, clouds and the land and water map from NASA GIBS (Blue Marble, Black Marble, GOES, Himawari, VIIRS) and OpenStreetMap contributors; orbits from CelesTrak and Space-Track.org (USSPACECOM); launches from Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs); fireballs, asteroids and their paths from NASA JPL; aurora from NOAA SWPC; planes from adsb.lol (ODbL); stars from the Yale Bright Star Catalogue. Drawn with three.js and satellite.js. All data sources.