Track the ISS live — and catch it from your backyard
The International Space Station orbits Earth about every 90 minutes at ~28,000 km/h, and on a clear night it's one of the brightest things in the sky. Cosmik shows the ISS live in 3D and tells you exactly when it will be visible from where you are — free, no login. Open the live map →
How to see the ISS tonight
- Open Cosmik at gocosmik.com — it runs in any browser.
- Find the ISS (NORAD 25544) by search or by tapping it in the live view.
- Check the next visible pass — Cosmik shows when it rises, for how long, and how high (its maximum elevation).
- Follow it and enable alerts to get a heads-up minutes before it flies over, so you can step outside at the right moment.
What makes a pass “visible”?
You can see the ISS when it's sunlit but the sky where you stand is dark — usually within a couple of hours after sunset or before sunrise. Cosmik factors in your location and the station's orbit to surface the passes worth stepping outside for, and rates how high it climbs above the horizon.
Beyond the ISS
The same live tracking and alerts work for Starlink, Hubble and 20,000+ other satellites, and you can follow rocket launches too. Learn more about how Cosmik works.
