Where is the ISS? Live 3D tracker
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HN · launched May 18, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: aerospace and space exploration technology · 46 launches, 1 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a 3D WebGL globe (using Three.js or Cesium) that visualizes satellite orbits by pulling public TLE datasets (Celestrak) and propagating positions locally using standard libraries like satellite.js.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: ISS label blurred with CYGNUS-XL cargo ship when docked, Debris field and ISS paths crossing visibility
Feature requests: Display altitude information directly in visualization, Better label separation for overlapping objects
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 219 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #203 of 220 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 187 days after the earliest competitor.
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