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Space Right Now

About Space Right Now

One calm, clear place to follow what is happening in space right now, from the launch pad out to Voyager 1.

What it is

Space Right Now follows launches with honest times: each one says how precisely its time is known, how sure the plan is and when the information was last checked. Nothing here is guessed or rounded up into a promise.

It starts with rocket launches. The rest of the journey outward, from the satellites overhead to the Moon, Mars and deep space, arrives step by step, each part with the same care over sources and certainty.

Organised by distance from Earth

The site is arranged as a journey outward, measured by how long light or a radio signal takes to get there.

  1. Earth

    Rocket launches: the schedule, each launch with its history, past launches and calendars you can subscribe to. This part is live today.

  2. Orbit

    The space station and the satellites passing overhead, a few hundred kilometres up. Their light reaches you in milliseconds.

  3. The Moon

    On average 384,400 km away, so a radio signal takes about 1.3 seconds to cross.

  4. Mars

    Signals take minutes to arrive, more or fewer as Earth and Mars move around the Sun.

  5. Deep space

    Out to Voyager 1, which reaches one light-day from Earth on 18 November 2026: a signal will take a full day to get there.

Independent

Independent site. Not affiliated with any space agency or company. Names of agencies, companies and missions appear only to say whose launch or data it is.

It is a non-commercial project with no advertising, nothing to buy and no account to create. The name of the person responsible for this site will be published here shortly.

A contact address for corrections and privacy questions will be published here shortly.

How it works

The rules behind the site, in the open.