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In this page you can track in real time all the satellites orbiting the Earth, with both 2D and 3D interactive representations, predict their
passes,
view their trajectory among stars on an interactive
sky chart,
predict satellite flares and transits (across the Sun and the Moon),
find out the best location to see these events on a detailed Google map.
You can also follow satellite re-entries and other special events, join the observer community, post messages and share your comments and observations.
Currently in our database we have more than 9000
observation reports!.
You won't find any other tracker that provides all these functions!
Read Observers' Reports!
SatFlare.com is the only website that has a public DB of satellite observations where you can search for flare reports
Sharing your
position you will let other users know about you and your observing
capability.
If you choose to share your approximate position the system will round
your coordinates to 5 km.
Visual SAT-Flare Tracker 3D - Online
Thank you for using Visual SAT-Flare Tracker Online
In this page you can track satellites
in real time, predict passes and flares.
(the 3D desktop version is still available for download)
This page is interactive so you can change the time by means of the following keys:
[s]
Increase time by 1 second
[S]
Decrease time by 1 second
[m]
Increase time by 1 minute
[M]
Decrease time by 1 minute
[h]
Increase time by 1 hour
[H]
Decrease time by 1 hour
[d]
Increase time by 1 day
[D]
Decrease time by 1 day
[0]
Real time (reset time changes)
More options and commands are available through the ADVANCED button.
Earth Map Legend
Red Line
Satellite's Orbit projected on the ground
Blue Line
Ground Flare Track (it represents the location where the reflection hits the
ground, which is where the flare brightness reaches its maximum.
Green Line
Reflected ray that hits the ground generating the flare.
Black Line
Shadow ground track (it represents the location where the satellite can be
seen crossing either the Sun disk or the Moon disk)