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EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE.

Europe in space.
Closer than you think.

Track European rocket launches, find the ISS over your location and discover where Europe relies on partners in space.

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Current launches. Traceable sources.

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ISS ABOVE YOU

When do you see the space station?

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DISCOVER MISSIONS

New sources and next stages

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COPERNICUS

New from space

The latest suitable images in our city selection. Your saved cities come first.

Copernicus Sentinel-2 · Small image crops, not live imagery. Acquisition and source checks have different dates.

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THIS WEEK

What happens next

Selected dates, observation tips and picture stories.

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LAUNCH PLAN

Europe's next launches

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How to read our schedules

Many launches are only roughly planned – e.g. for a quarter or a year. That's why we show the accuracy of the source: 'Earliest 23.11.' means daily planning, 'Planned for 2027' only a rough estimate. All dates can change. Only exact-date dates go into the calendar.

“European” here also includes the United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland; Kourou in French Guiana is counted as a European launch site. The assignment of satellites comes from the source and may be incomplete.

Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs, updated regularly. Further terms explained by Glossary →

REVIEW

Europe's last launches

What became of the planned launches?
The result as reported by the source.

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ISS SEE

The ISS. About your location.

A bright point in the sky. People in orbit.
Find the next possible viewing windows over your location.

The calculation runs on your device. Your location is not sent to our server for this purpose.

CHOOSE YOUR OBSERVATION LOCATION

Dark sky · ISS in the sun · at least 10° above the horizon

Your window to the space station.

Choose a city, use your location or enter coordinates. We calculate the next possible viewing windows for up to three days.

For this purpose, your location, rounded to 0.5°, is sent to our server and, if necessary, to MET Norway. Your IP address is not passed on. The selection only applies to this visit. Without weather, the orbit calculation remains on your device.

Orbit data: CelesTrak / NORAD · Visibility is estimated; weather is not taken into account.

How are the viewing windows created?

ISS observe: instructions and frequently asked questions →

We calculate the ISS orbit with the SGP4 model from current orbital elements. A section is considered visible from 10° altitude, if the sun is at least 6° below the horizon at your location and the ISS is almost fully illuminated. These thresholds are a practical selection, not a guarantee of visibility. Clouds, obstacles, and orbit manoeuvres can change the result. Local time refers to the time zone of your browser, even if you select a city in another country; alternatively, you can choose UTC.

The orbit data is retrieved centrally at most every two hours. Data older than 72 hours is rejected for new predictions. The forecast calculation covers at most 72 hours and ends at the latest 96 hours after the orbit epoch.

CelesTrak · orbit data ↗Satellite.js · MIT license ↗

ORBIT IN 3D

Europe in orbit. Discover what connects us.

Discover satellites with European involvement.

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TIME LAPSE

Time lapse: up to 24 hours in advance.

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Calculated positions from orbital elements, no live observation. Satellite points are greatly enlarged.

Orbit data: CelesTrak / NORAD

The positions are calculated on your device from public orbit elements (SGP4 model). These are calculated positions, not live observations. Deviations depend, among other things, on the age of the orbit data and orbit manoeuvres; the graphic is not a navigation instrument. Our server retrieves the orbit data from CelesTrak at most every two hours. Your device loads them only from us. The retrieval time and age of the individual orbit elements are specified separately.

The selection includes satellites from Galileo, Copernicus-Sentinel, Metop, and Meteosat, as well as the international space station ISS. It is not a comprehensive overview of all European satellites and does not make any statement about the current operational readiness of each instrument. The satellite points are greatly enlarged, their distances from Earth follow the model. The drawn line shows the orbit with the Earth's rotation held constant, not a ground track. The time-lapse ends at the latest 24 hours after "Now". Outside of the visible view, the calculation pauses.

Operation: Dragging rotates the view, two fingers or the mouse wheel zoom. Alternatively, camera controls, search and satellite list are available. On the focused graphic, the arrow keys left/right; up/down and plus/minus zoom. The clock shows UTC. Earth image: NASA Earth Observatory (Blue Marble, Black Marble).

CelesTrak · orbit data ↗three.js · MIT license ↗Satellite.js · MIT license ↗
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FURTHER OUT

Europe's research goes beyond Earth.

These missions do not belong in Earth orbit. Discover their targets in the mission profile.

TO THE MARS MOON PHOBOS

Idefix · MMX

A German-French rover on a Japanese mission.

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TO JUPITER'S ICE MOONS

Juice

On the way to the Jupiter system and its icy moons.

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EUROPE IN NUMBERS

Europe's rockets since 1965

All orbital launches of European rockets –
from Diamant to Ariane 6 and Spectrum.

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European rocket launches per year

Orbital launch attempts including failures

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Europe's share of all orbital launches worldwide

European rocket launches divided by all orbital launch attempts of the year

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Success balance per rocket

Orbital launch attempts, sorted by first flight

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EUROPE'S INDEPENDENCE

Can Europe do that alone?

What Europe operates itself,
where partners are needed and what is still missing.

Who operates the satellites, who builds the rockets? This is about control over the entire system. Individual components can still come from other countries.

MISSIONS

Missions and their purpose

From weather data to Jupiter research:
Who is behind it and what the mission is for.

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THE HISTORY

Europe's way back into space

From the launch gap to the first orbital launch
from the mainland – in five years.

    Key figures and source status are automatically taken from the statistics.

    THE NEXT STEPS

    Plans from sources

    Recorded launch dates and mission stages.
    Plans may change.

    Source-backed plans are compiled from the sources.

    DON'T MISS OUT

    European launches in your own calendar.

    Subscribe to dates, note launches and find the ISS over your location – also as an app on your mobile.

    YOUR WATCHLIST

    Bookmarked launches and missions

    YOUR LAUNCHES

    YOUR MISSIONS

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