Live orbital view

Fullscreen globe with the live ISS ground track, day/night terminator and true-altitude orbit view.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category utilities. Tags: orbital, satellite, utilities, visualization. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

SGP4 → TEME → ECEF → φ, λ, h · live ground track

Live orbital globe view

Primary sources

satellite.js (MIT License): Browser SGP4/SDP4 propagation library used by SIDUS satellite tools.
CelesTrak (CelesTrak): TLE sets, NORAD element documentation, and Vallado software companion hosting.
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications (David A. Vallado): Standard reference for two-body, Lambert, maneuvers, and J2. Equations implemented independently in SIDUS.

How do AI agents use this tool?

Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.

Open interactive tool · SIDUS