AboveMe

What's overhead right now?

Real-time sky viewer showing satellites, aircraft, stars, planets, and the Moon visible from your location. All computation runs client-side — no server required.

Data Sources

CelesTrakSatellite TLE orbital data (NORAD)

airplanes.liveReal-time aircraft ADS-B positions

adsb.lolCommunity ADS-B aggregator (fallback)

adsb.oneOpen ADS-B data network (fallback)

adsbdbAircraft metadata (type, registration, owner)

OpenStreetMap / CartoDBMap tiles and geocoding

IMOMeteor shower calendar data

WikipediaObject summaries and thumbnails

PlanespottersAircraft photos by registration

Technology

Built with vanilla JavaScript. Orbit propagation via satellite.js (SGP4/SDP4). Star positions from the Hipparcos catalogue. Planet positions via Keplerian orbital mechanics. Map tiles from CartoDB and Leaflet. All computation runs client-side in the browser — no server required.