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UNDERSTAND
SPACEFLIGHT.

Interactive Earth presents factual spatial information only when verified source data is available.

  • Launch sites
  • Missions
  • Orbital context
  • Airspace
  • IGW coverage
  • Recovery context
A photographer working in the coastal scrub near the Starbase launch site.

Starbase from the field. IGW’s tools connect that view to the mission around it.

Photograph — K Enagonio

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SCHEDULE

Launches

Upcoming, live and recent missions with countdowns, vehicles, providers and pads.

Open Launches
REFERENCE

Vehicles

Rockets and spacecraft with their specifications, flight records and the missions they have flown.

Open Vehicles
SCALE

Compare vehicles

Compare sixteen launch-vehicle reference profiles on a common height scale, with available specifications and source notes.

Compare vehicles
AROUND THE WORLD

From global context to local detail.

LAUNCH SITES

Pads and complexes

Launch pads from the current schedule, at their published coordinates.

ORBITAL CONTEXT

Station tracks

Follow station orbits on the globe. Positions are calculated estimates, not live tracking.

AIRSPACE

Flight restrictions

See FAA flight restrictions for launch and space operations using the boundaries published in each notice. Locator rings reveal small closures without changing their true size.

Open Notices

QUICK UTILITIES

Tools for launch planning and viewing.

TIME

Launch Time Converter

See a launch time in UTC and the time zones that matter to you.

DATE & TIME
SOURCE TIME ZONE
TARGET TIME ZONE
CONVERT TIME
Enter a date, time and valid IANA zones to convert.

Use IANA names such as UTC, America/New_York or America/Chicago. Results show source, target and UTC with explicit dates.

LIGHT

Day / Night Context

See daylight, twilight and night context for a launch location and time.

UTC DATE & TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
CALCULATE LIGHT
Enter UTC date/time and coordinates to calculate solar elevation, azimuth and twilight context.

Approximate. It does not account for weather, terrain or anything in the way. For viewing context only — not navigation, safety, legal evidence or operational weather.

UNITS

Spaceflight Unit Converter

Convert distance, velocity, mass and pressure for the mission you’re following.

CATEGORY
VALUE
FROM UNIT
TO UNIT
CONVERT UNITS
Enter a supported value and compatible units to convert.

Supported examples: km, m, mi, nmi; m/s, km/s, km/h, mph; kg, g, lb; Pa, kPa, bar, psi. Conversions use standard factors and display an approximate rounded result; source precision should govern interpretation.