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Last Updated: August 17, 2026

Privacy Policy

At SpaceTracker.live, we respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used and protected when you use our website, satellite tracking tools, deep-space mission trackers, maps, pass-prediction tools, blog and related services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be processed when you visit SpaceTracker.live, how that information is used, the technologies and third-party services that may be involved, and the choices available to you.

By using SpaceTracker.live, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

SpaceTracker.live is designed so that most of its satellite-tracking features can be used without creating a public user account.

Depending on how you use the website, we may process the following categories of information.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may provide information when you:

  • contact us by email;
  • submit a question, feedback or technical report;
  • send a privacy or data-related request;
  • provide information through a contact form, if available;
  • enter an observer-location label or coordinates into a tracking tool.

Information supplied through communications may include your name, email address and any information you choose to include in your message.

Location Information

Some SpaceTracker.live tools allow you to calculate satellite visibility, observer geometry and upcoming passes based on your location.

When you choose Use My Current Location, your browser may ask for permission to access your device location.

SpaceTracker.live does not attempt to access browser GPS information without an action initiated by you.

Observer coordinates used by the tracker may be stored locally in your browser so you do not need to enter them again. The current tracker also provides manual latitude and longitude entry.

You can deny browser location permission and continue using other parts of the website.

You can normally remove locally stored location information by clearing site data or browser storage for SpaceTracker.live.

Automatically Collected Technical Information

When you visit the website, our hosting infrastructure and services may automatically process technical information such as:

  • Internet Protocol address;
  • browser type;
  • operating system;
  • device type;
  • requested URL;
  • date and time of access;
  • referring page;
  • HTTP status information;
  • approximate geographic region derived from network information;
  • security and diagnostic information;
  • website performance information.

This information may be used to operate, secure, troubleshoot and improve the website.

2. Cookies and Local Storage

SpaceTracker.live may use cookies, browser local storage and similar technologies for functions such as:

  • remembering user preferences;
  • saving observer coordinates;
  • saving favorite satellites;
  • maintaining website functionality;
  • measuring website performance;
  • understanding website traffic;
  • preventing fraud and abuse;
  • delivering and measuring advertising where advertising is enabled.

Browser storage can normally be removed through your browser settings.

3. Google Analytics

SpaceTracker.live may use Google Analytics or related Google measurement technologies to understand how visitors use the website.

Analytics information can help us understand information such as page visits, device categories, general traffic patterns and website performance.

Google may process information according to its own privacy policies and applicable product terms.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies

SpaceTracker.live may use Google AdSense and other advertising technologies to support the operation of the website.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's previous visits to SpaceTracker.live or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies allows Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on users' visits to SpaceTracker.live and/or other websites.

Users may manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings.

Other third-party advertising vendors or advertising networks may also use cookies or similar technologies if they are enabled on SpaceTracker.live. Their use of information is governed by their respective privacy policies.

These disclosures reflect Google's required privacy-policy content for AdSense publishers.

5. Consent for Advertising and Cookies

Where required by applicable law, SpaceTracker.live may display a consent-management message before using certain advertising, analytics or personalization technologies.

For users in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google's user-consent policy requires legally valid consent for certain uses of cookies/local storage and for personal-data processing related to personalized advertising. Users must also be given a way to withdraw consent.

Where required, your choices may include options such as:

  • consent;
  • do not consent;
  • manage options;
  • personalized advertising;
  • non-personalized or limited advertising, where available.

Your available choices may depend on your location and the technologies active on the website.

6. Third-Party Data and Services

SpaceTracker.live uses external services and public data sources to provide tracking and mapping functionality.

The current service includes Earth-orbit data associated with CelesTrak, orbital calculations using SGP4-based data, deep-space ephemerides associated with NASA/JPL Horizons, and map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.

These third parties operate independently and may have their own privacy practices.

SpaceTracker.live does not control the privacy policies, availability or data-processing practices of independent third-party websites or services.

7. How We Use Information

Information may be processed to:

  • provide satellite and space-mission tracking functionality;
  • calculate observer-based satellite information;
  • remember user-selected settings;
  • operate and maintain the website;
  • diagnose technical problems;
  • improve website performance and usability;
  • measure traffic and engagement;
  • respond to messages and support requests;
  • detect abuse, attacks and fraudulent activity;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • manage advertising and consent choices;
  • protect SpaceTracker.live, its users and its infrastructure.

We do not intentionally sell personal information directly to advertisers.

8. Legal Bases for Processing

Where laws such as the GDPR apply, information may be processed on one or more appropriate legal bases, including:

  • your consent;
  • performance of a service you requested;
  • our legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving the website;
  • compliance with legal obligations.

Where processing depends on consent, you may withdraw that consent where applicable.

9. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including operational, security, legal and regulatory purposes.

Different categories of information may have different retention periods.

Information stored only in your browser generally remains under your control until you clear browser data, remove the stored preference or use functionality provided by the website to remove it.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect website systems and information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration and loss.

However, no internet transmission, hosting platform or electronic-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. International Visitors

SpaceTracker.live is available to visitors from multiple countries.

Because internet services and third-party providers may operate internationally, information may be processed in countries other than the country from which you access the website.

Where required, applicable safeguards may be used for international transfers.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which may include the right to:

  • request access;
  • request correction;
  • request deletion;
  • object to certain processing;
  • restrict certain processing;
  • withdraw consent;
  • request data portability where applicable;
  • complain to an appropriate supervisory authority.

These rights are subject to applicable law and may not apply in every circumstance.

To make a privacy request, contact us at:

contact@spacetracker.live

We may need sufficient information to verify and process a legitimate request.

13. Children's Privacy

SpaceTracker.live is an educational and informational website intended for a general audience.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information that should be removed, please contact us.

14. External Links

SpaceTracker.live may contain links to third-party websites, agencies, data providers or other external resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of independent third-party websites.

Visitors should review the privacy policies of external services they use.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technologies, advertising systems, legal obligations or third-party integrations change.

The updated version will be published on this page and the Last Updated date will be revised.

16. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, privacy requests or data-handling practices, contact:

SpaceTracker.live
Email: contact@spacetracker.live
Website: SpaceTracker.live