Live satellites over SpaceX launch sites.

Four SpaceX sites in the United States, from the Starship pad in Texas to the California pad that launched South Australia’s satellite. Pick one: the film moves there and works out what is overhead, from today’s orbital elements.

 

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Computed from today’s orbital elements from CelesTrak. Drag the globe, scroll or pinch to zoom.

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About Starlink-2105

Where Starship is built

Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site on the Gulf of Mexico

Starbase, at Boca Chica on the southern tip of Texas, is where SpaceX builds and flies Starship, the largest rocket yet flown. Starship first flew from here in April 2023.

The ground track follows Starlink-2105, one of several thousand satellites in SpaceX’s network. Its orbit is tilted 53 degrees, so it also passes over Australia, Adelaide included.

Vehicle
Starship
First flight
April 2023
Shown
Starlink-2105, ground track

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Starlink satellites over four SpaceX sites.

Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site on the Gulf of Mexico

25.9971° N, 97.1554° W

Boca Chica, Texas. Vehicle: Starship.

  • In May 2025 Cameron County voters approved incorporating Starbase as a city, 212 votes to 6.
  • On Flight 5, 13 October 2024, the launch tower caught the returning Super Heavy booster.
  • Starbase lies about 40 km east of Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas.

Sources: fox7austin.com, en.wikipedia.org

Kennedy LC-39A, the pad that sent Crew Dragon to the station

28.6084° N, 80.6043° W

Florida. Pad history: Apollo, Shuttle, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy.

  • It launched 82 Space Shuttle missions, starting with STS-1 on 12 April 1981.
  • SpaceX signed a 20-year exclusive lease on the pad on 14 April 2014.
  • In 2026 SpaceX moved all future Dragon flights to SLC-40, keeping 39A for Falcon Heavy and Starship.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, spaceflightnow.com

Vandenberg SLC-4E, where South Australia’s satellite left Earth

34.6321° N, 120.6106° W

California. Flights: Falcon 9, Transporter ride-shares.

  • The pad’s first launch was an Atlas-Agena D on 14 August 1964.
  • Falcon 9 first flew from here on 29 September 2013, carrying Canada’s CASSIOPE.
  • Canada’s three RADARSAT Constellation satellites launched from here on 12 June 2019.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, spaceflightnow.com

Hawthorne, SpaceX’s factory and former headquarters

33.9207° N, 118.3280° W

Los Angeles, California. Builds: Falcon 9, Dragon.

  • NASA’s Crew-12 flight in February 2026 was monitored from SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne.

Sources: nasa.gov

Satellite films over SpaceX launch sites, on every screen.

A launch page, a customer’s phone, an event screen, a classroom and a pitch: the same live film in each. On a wide screen, the device beside the steps plays the site and satellite you picked.

  1. The live player on a mission page, Starlink-2105 over Starbase

    A live satellite film for launch week

    Show the orbit a payload is heading for on your launch page, computed the morning it flies.

    WhoLaunch providers and payload teams

    WhenLaunch week

  2. The same player on a phone, Starlink-2105 over Starbase

    Your ride-share satellite after deployment

    A page your customers open on their phones: your satellite from the pad at Vandenberg to its first pass over home.

    WhoRide-share customers

    WhenThe weeks after deployment

  3. Display mode on a 16:9 screen, Starlink-2105’s ground track over the Gulf of Mexico

    A live satellite screen for launch-viewing events

    One link sets up any screen at the venue, with a countdown to the next pass of the satellite on it.

    WhoExhibitors and launch-viewing events

    WhenLaunch days, conferences, open days

  4. Display mode on a portrait screen, Starlink-2105 over Starbase

    Satellite passes for classrooms

    Point students at the satellite a rocket just carried up, and at when it next crosses their sky.

    WhoSchools and science centres

    WhenClass before the next pass

  5. Presenter mode with Starlink-2105 over Starbase

    An orbit film for investors and payload customers

    The orbit your payload is heading for, full screen, with a clicker to step through it and figures computed that morning.

    WhoFounders and mission leads

    WhenRaises, customer reviews, board meetings

Satellites over SpaceX sites, computed today.

The films here use the newest orbital elements CelesTrak publishes for each satellite, fetched every two hours, and run the orbit forward with the standard propagation model.

Passes are worked out for each site’s latitude and longitude, in the site’s own time zone, so the sky over Kennedy LC-39A is not the sky over Vandenberg.

Orbital elements
CelesTrak, every 2 hours
Times
Each site’s own time zone
Accurate for
Presentation, not navigation

Pricing for live satellite films.

Each plan below is playing its own film: the real player, computed from today’s orbital elements.

Living Film

A live satellite film for your website

US$200per film, per monthA$290per film, per month, ex GST€180per film, per month¥32,000per film, per monthCN¥1,350per film, per month

A mission page that stays true: your satellite, live on your site, and MP4s whenever you need a file.

  • Your satellite, site and brand, recomputed daily
  • A live embed locked to your domain
  • 1080p MP4 exports from our film pipeline
  • Cancel any month
Choose your film

Starlink-2105 over Starbase, as it plays on a mission page. Drag the globe.

Display

A satellite display for a lobby or event

US$410per screen, per monthA$590per screen, per month, ex GST€370per screen, per month¥65,000per screen, per monthCN¥2,750per screen, per month

A lobby TV, kiosk or event screen that runs on its own for weeks.

  • Display mode, set up with one link
  • Your satellites and site, rotating through every story
  • Layouts for portrait, 16:9, 21:9, 4:3 and square
  • Presenter mode for pitches and briefings
Start a display

Starlink-2105 over Starbase on a 16:9 lobby screen, in display mode.

Mission Film commission

A custom satellite launch film

US$4,800fromA$6,900from, ex GST€4,300from¥760,000fromCN¥32,000from

A custom film of your hardware and mission, cut for the launch video, the deck and the socials.

  • Designed by Vlad Kutepov: storyboard, scenes and edits made with you
  • Built on the same live engine
  • Every export the Living Film includes
  • A 25% deposit of US$1,200 books the workA 25% deposit of A$1,725 books the workA 25% deposit of €1,075 books the workA 25% deposit of ¥190,000 books the workA 25% deposit of CN¥8,000 books the work
Pay the deposit

A film cut: this page’s satellites as a constellation, framed like the export.

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Make your film in the studio.

Pick a satellite and a place, and the film is computed live. Export it as an MP4, or put it on your own screen.

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The Orbiwatch studio on a desktop: the satellite list, the live Kanyini film and the design panel
The studio on a phone: the live film above Kanyini’s numbers, with the bar for satellite, place, design, story and export