Heavens-Above
Sign in to saveHeavens-Above is a non-profit website developed and maintained by Chris Peat as Heavens-Above GmbH. The web site is dedicated to helping people observe and track satellites orbiting the Earth without the need for optical equipment such as binoculars or telescopes. It provides detailed star charts showing the trajectory of the satellites against the background of the stars as seen during a pass. Special attention is paid to the ISS, Starlink satellites, and others. Space Shuttle missions were tracked until the program was retired in July 2011 and Iridium flares were also tracked until the progr
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- Website.name
- Heavens-Above
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- Heavens-Above Home Page.jpg
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- Heavens-Above home page
- Website.language
- Multilingual
- Website.owner
- Chris Peat
- Website.author
- Chris Peat
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- Active
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- Website
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- www.heavens-above.com
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- Heavens-Above Home Page.jpg
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- Heavens Above (astronomy)
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- 58880
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Heavens-Above is a non-profit website developed and maintained by Chris Peat as Heavens-Above GmbH. The web site is dedicated to helping people observe and track satellites orbiting the Earth without the need for optical equipment such as binoculars or telescopes. It provides detailed star charts showing the trajectory of the satellites against the background of the stars as seen during a pass. Special attention is paid to the ISS, Starlink satellites, and others. Space Shuttle missions were tracked until the program was retired in July 2011 and Iridium flares were also tracked until the program was retired in May 2018. The website also offers information on currently visible comets, asteroids, planet details, and other miscellaneous information.
Sky & Telescope magazine described Heavens-Above as "the most popular website for tracking satellites."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heavens-Above” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.