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Space Station Tracker

Comprehensive tracking of active and planned space stations, crew rotations, and the transition to commercial LEO destinations

ISS Live Position

Latitude
24.5834°
Longitude
-47.2193°
Altitude
408.2 km
Velocity
27576 km/h
Visibility
daylight
Last updated: Mar 28, 2026, 11:49 PM
Active Stations
2
ISS & Tiangong
Crew in Space
10
Across 2 stations
Commercial Planned
4+
Next-gen stations
ISS Retirement
~2030
Controlled deorbit

International Space Station (ISS)

Operational

NASA / Roscosmos / ESA / JAXA / CSA

7
Crew
Orbit
~408 km
Inclination
51.6°
Mass
~420,000 kg
Volume
916 m³
Power
215 kW (solar arrays)
Docking Ports
8
Crew Capacity
6
Modules
17
First Launch
November 20, 1998
Continuous Occupation
Since November 2, 2000 — over 25 years of continuous human presence
Planned Retirement
~2030 — Controlled deorbit via SpaceX deorbit vehicle into South Pacific Ocean (Point Nemo)
Visiting Vehicles
Crew Dragon (SpaceX)Cargo Dragon (SpaceX)Cygnus (Northrop Grumman)Soyuz MS (Roscosmos)Progress MS (Roscosmos)Starliner (Boeing)Dream Chaser (Sierra Space)
Research Facilities
Destiny Laboratory (US)Columbus Laboratory (ESA)Kibo Laboratory (JAXA)Nauka Laboratory (Russia)Cold Atom LaboratoryAlpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02)Materials Science LabMicrogravity Science GloveboxCombustion Integrated RackFluids Integrated RackElectrostatic Levitation FurnaceCREAM Cosmic Ray Detector

The International Space Station is a multinational collaborative project involving five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit and serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. The ISS has hosted over 270 visitors from 21 countries and has supported thousands of scientific experiments across biology, physics, astronomy, and materials science.

Tiangong Space Station

Operational

China Manned Space Agency (CMSA)

3
Crew
Orbit
~390 km
Inclination
41.5°
Mass
~68,600 kg
Volume
~110 m³
Power
~100 kW (solar arrays)
Docking Ports
5
Crew Capacity
3
Modules
3
First Launch
April 29, 2021
Continuous Occupation
Since June 2022 — continuous crew presence maintained through Shenzhou rotation missions
Planned Retirement
2035+ — Station designed for at least 15 years of operation with expansion potential
Visiting Vehicles
Shenzhou (CMSA)Tianzhou (CMSA)
Research Facilities
Wentian LaboratoryMengtian LaboratoryMicrogravity Fluid Physics FacilityCombustion Science Experiment RackContainerless Materials ProcessingHigh-Precision Cold Atomic ClockXuntian Space Telescope (co-orbital, planned)

Tiangong (meaning "Heavenly Palace") is China's permanently crewed modular space station in low Earth orbit. It is China's first long-term space station and the second fully operational space station after the ISS. The T-shaped station consists of the Tianhe core module and two laboratory modules (Wentian and Mengtian). China plans to expand Tiangong to six modules and increase crew capacity to six. The station supports research in microgravity science, space medicine, astronomy, and Earth observation.