Dashboard

Tracker-1, live space exploration

Overview of active spacecraft observing and exploring space: positions, statuses, discoveries and scientific returns.

Active missions

of 48 tracked

In transit

toward their destination

Agencies tracked

ASI · CNES · CNSA · CSA · DLR · DOE · ESA · ISRO · JAXA · LASP/ASU · NASA · Rocket Lab · Roscosmos · UAE Space Agency · UC Berkeley · UKSA

Total combined budget

$206B

invested in tracked spacecraft

Missions by agency

Share of the tracked fleet · a mission may involve several

NASA

33/48

ESA

16/48

JAXA

5/48

CNSA

4/48

ASI

3/48

CNES

2/48

Others

13/48

Breakdown by type

Total

Space telescopes

Space probes

Rovers

Space stations

Landers

Total distance traveled

237B km

accumulated by all spacecraft
since their launch

≈ 220 light-hours

Launch timeline

1970

1990

2000

2010

2020

48 active or in-transit spacecraft, across 5 decades

International cooperation

Single agency

3165%

Multi-agency

1735%

17 missions bring together several space agencies

Exploration destinations

48 missions

From the Sun to interstellar space

Observation

Deep universe

15(31%)

Interstellar space

2(4%)

Inner system

Sun

6(13%)

Mercury & Venus

1(2%)

Earth & orbit

3(6%)

Moon

4(8%)

Planets & belt

Mars

9(19%)

Jupiter & moons

2(4%)

Asteroids & comets

6(13%)

Earth Tracking · Atmospheric CO₂View observatory →

1958 : 314.44 ppm → 428.83 ppmNOAA GML (Mauna Loa)

Earth Tracking · Active phenomenaView observatory →

Earth tracking

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Latest spacecraft photos

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Mars Perseverance Sol 2010: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

PerseveranceNASA

Earth today, Jupiter tomorrow: An insight into Juice’s recent Earth flyby

JUICEESA

James WebbESA

Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks

Solar OrbiterESA

Hubble seeks lensed supernova, marks 200,000 orbits

HubbleESA

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenotis tethered to the International Space Station during a spacewalk

Station ISSNASA

Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe

EuclidESA

SHARAD's View of Mars During a 'Very Large Roll'

Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterNASA

SPHERExNASA

Juno Sees Turbulence in Jupiter's Atmosphere

JunoNASA

BepiColomboESA

James WebbESA

Latest spacecraft photos

Latest news

El Niño 2026, the strongest since 1950 seen from orbit

TRACKER-1·Oct 16

Vaonis Atlas: the telescope you swap like a lens

TRACKER-1·Oct 15

Roman's optics hit 63 nm, nearly 30% better than required

TRACKER-1·Oct 15·roman-space-telescope

XLSSC 122: a galaxy cluster too dense for cosmology

TRACKER-1·Oct 14·james-webb

Perseverance beats Opportunity: 45.22 km on Mars

TRACKER-1·Oct 13·perseverance

Megaconstellations: IAU brightness limit already broken

TRACKER-1·Oct 12

G3 storm: the Sun hit harder than forecast

TRACKER-1·Oct 11

Sophie Adenot: 237 days in space, a European record

TRACKER-1·Oct 10·iss

Sky events to watch (naked eye)

Orionids meteor shower
Halley debris, ZHR ~20, fast meteors.
Meteor shower · Visible to the naked eye : escape light pollution
Oct 21
D+5
Hunter’s Moon
Hunter’s Moon : visible all night from the northern hemisphere. Distance: 368,859 km.
Full moon · Visible all night
Oct 26
D+10
Moon – Jupiter conjunction★ Don't miss
The Moon passes within 1.8° of Jupiter : a striking naked-eye duo, ideal for spotting the planet. Look for the thin lunar crescent near Jupiter.
Moon-planet conjunction · Visible to the naked eye at dusk or dawn
Nov 3
D+18
New Moon : dark sky
The Moon doesn’t illuminate the sky: ideal conditions to observe the Milky Way, nebulae and shooting stars.
New moon · Darkest sky of the month
Nov 9
D+24
Mars – Jupiter conjunction
Mars and Jupiter pass within 2.9° of each other : a striking visual alignment at dusk or dawn.
Planetary conjunction · Visible at dusk or dawn
Nov 9
D+24
Leonids meteor shower
Variable shower, ZHR ~15 (up to 1000+ in exceptional years).
Meteor shower · Visible to the naked eye : escape light pollution
Nov 17
D+32
Mercury at greatest elongation
Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation from the Sun (19.6°) : the best time to spot it with the naked eye, in the morning sky before sunrise.
Maximum elongation · Visible in the morning before sunrise
Nov 20
D+35
Beaver Moon
Beaver Moon : visible all night from the northern hemisphere. Distance: 360,754 km.
Full moon · Visible all night
Nov 24
D+39

Latest updates

Nancy Grace Roman

L2 Lagrange point · En route to L2 Lagrange point — arrival December 8, 2026

10/6/2026

MMX

Phobos and Deimos (Mars moons) · Liftoff expected October 19, 2026

10/6/2026

Pandora

Exoplanet atmospheres · Low Earth orbit

10/6/2026

ESCAPADE

Mars — magnetosphere · Transit to Mars — arrival Sept 2027

10/6/2026

SPHEREx

All-sky infrared map · Earth orbit — all-sky survey

10/6/2026

Tianwen-2

Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa + comet 311P/PanSTARRS · Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (Earth quasi-satellite)

10/6/2026

Hera

Didymos / Dimorphos system · Didymos orbit — arrival November 2026

10/6/2026

Europa Clipper

Europa (Jupiter moon) · En route to Jupiter

10/6/2026

Spacecraft in transit

Nancy Grace Roman

L2 Lagrange point

NASA

MMX

Phobos and Deimos (Mars moons)

JAXA

ESCAPADE

Mars — magnetosphere

NASA

Hera

Didymos / Dimorphos system

ESA

Europa Clipper

Europa (Jupiter moon)

NASA

JUICE

Jupiter — icy moons

ESA

Psyche

(16) Psyche — metallic asteroid

NASA

Lucy

Jupiter Trojan asteroids

NASA

BepiColombo

Mercury

ESA

OSIRIS-APEX

Apophis (NEA asteroid)

NASA