Live Earth cameras, Spot the Station and tracking - International Space Station
ISS onLive delivers live Earth views from the International Space Station with camera feeds and NASA/ESA channels, paired with orbit-tracking via Google Maps. It combines telemetry data, day/night visibility overlays, and a real-time cloud map to help you spot the Station across the globe. With 1,000,000+ total downloads and 2.3K in the last 30 days, the app demonstrates sustained interest among space enthusiasts.
Pros & Cons
HD live camera feeds and NASA/ESA channels
Integrated Google Maps orbit tracking with telemetry
Day/night visibility overlays and country visibility
Real-time cloud map layer for global visibility
Configurable alerts for passes and events
Cast to TV for big-screen viewing
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About ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live
ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live is an education app developed by PoliLabs.
Download Statistics
ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live has been downloaded 4.7 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.3 thousand times.
User Ratings
ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live is rated 4.67 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 63 thousand ratings.
App Information
ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live is FREE to download. The APK download size is 13.16 MB. The latest version available is 5.5.2. The last update was on May 28, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2014.
Description
Looking for ISS Live? How to see the International Space Station in your sky tonight? Would you like to see the Earth from the International Space Station as astronauts see it? It is now possible to see Earth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through the live transmission of the Space Station's cameras.
If you are a lover of space or astronomy, you will like ISS onLive.
ISS onLive offers you ISS live, the transmission of images of the Earth from the International Space Station by Nasa. You will also be able to experience the day-to-day life of astronauts watching them work inside the ISS.
This application integrates Google Maps to track the orbit of the ISS at all times and allows you to configure parameters such as the choice of different types of maps, satellite or terrain. It also shows telemetry information (speed, altitude, longitude, latitude), as well as the area of the country where the ISS is located. It also has a day/night map of the land with the limits of visibility from the ISS and the user. In the drawing of the orbits, the visible steps of the ISS are shown in yellow. All this can be customized from the configuration menu of the application.
It has also been added to the Google Maps map the feature of "Map of clouds in the world" in Real Time. You will be able to add to the Google Maps map an extra layer for the visualization of the cloud map of the whole world. In this way you will be able to know the visibility status of the area of the Earth through which the ISS passes and observe it through the HD cameras of the ISS.
Live video transmissions available:
1.- ISS CAM 1 HD: provides HD High Definition images from our planet Earth.
2.- ISS CAM 2: provides views of our planet Earth and on-board cameras of the ISS Live as well as experiments, tests or maintenance and communications with the Nasa.
3.- Nasa TV Channel: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Television Service. You can watch STEM programs and documentaries.
4.- Nasa TV Media Channel: A secondary Nasa tv channel.
5.- ESA TV: European Space Agency Live channel. With Science and Exploration programming and documentaries.
And eventual channels like:
✓ SpaceX Live Transmissions: SpaceX Crew Dragon launch events.
✓ Roscosmos TV: live when there is a Russian spacewalk.
You can also watch these channels live on your TV using Google Cast.
Would you like to see the International Space Station? ISS on Live will inform you of the day and time of the International Space Station's visible night passage. Through a configurable alert you will be able to receive notifications of the following events:
✓ Sunrise and sunset at ISS.
✓ Visible pass over your region and Spot the Station: through the compass tool you will be able to know the exact place in the sky where the ISS will be visible to the naked eye and for how long.
✓ Day pass: observe your country through the live retransmission of the cameras of the International Space Station.
✓ ISS day pass in other countries: using the manual location tool, we will be able to know the ISS orbits over other regions of our interest and see their landscape through the cameras.
✓ Special events: arrival/departure of new crews (Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon, Boeing CST-100 Starliner), spacewalks, launches (Falcon, SpaceX, Dragon, Progress, Cygnus, ATV, JAXA HTV Kounotori), dockings/undokings, experiments, communications with Earth from NASA and Roscosmos (Pockocmoc).
Twitter: @ISSonLive. News about ISS, NASA, ESA, Roscosmos and special events such as spacewalk broadcasts, spacecraft launches, hurricane and typhoon tracking.
Instagram: @issonliveapp. Selections of the best images and videos recorded by the astronauts of the ISS, NASA, ESA and with the ISS on Live app.
Recent changes: Fix TLE to correctly calculate ISS position.
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Comments on ISS onLive: HD View Earth Live for Android
★★★★☆Lane Nell· Jul 19, 2025
3D!! So exciting!! Well done you all! But...why is 2/3s of the screen occupied by a section of the ISS, namely "Flap 2"? It defeats the purpose of us being able to see the earth in its purest. Please send NASA feedback regarding this. Flap 2 was never in the screen before!
★★★★★Glenn Entin· Aug 4, 2025
The app works excellent for spotting the International Space Station
★★★★★Md Jawaid Eqbal· Sep 14, 2025
Absolutely love the 3d view feature! Best app for ISS spotting!
★★★★★Phillip Garcia· Mar 3, 2026
Imagine The #sun is at it again! 💥 😎 For the second time in just over 24 hours, #sunspot region AR4274 erupted with a powerful X flare. The X1.2 flare came at 8:55 UTC this morning, keeping solar activity at very high levels. The #eruption produced a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is under analysis to determine if it’s heading Earthward. Meanwhile, another CME from yesterday’s X1.8 flare is expected to arrive tomorrow. This could potentially bring G1-G2 (minor-moderate) geomagnetic storms
★☆☆☆☆Paul Haldane· Aug 26, 2025
Still only able to record a maximum of 6 seconds video, why not get rid of this feature if it don't work
★★☆☆☆R W (consumer61)· Apr 1, 2026
Unfortunately woke up this morning to an Artemis event notification even though the notification for that clearly shows a bar across the notification bell - so is turned off.
★☆☆☆☆toad oftoadhall· May 28, 2026
Was working fine, but now showing wrong position. I can't find a setting to alter anything, but definitely showing wrong position compared to other trackers and NASA. Reinstalled and no difference, it's still wrong.
★☆☆☆☆Adarsh Mishra· Feb 5, 2026
Mujhe yeh app utana achchha nahi laga jitana maine expect Kiya tha, aur isame jaroorat se baht Jada features hai jo mujhe thode hi samajh me aa rahe hai.
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Trust & Safety: The permission set includes location, network, storage, foreground service, notifications, and ad/license-related permissions. This aligns with map, telemetry, and alert features, and uses standard free-app permissions such as AD_ID and install referrer services; no unusually high-risk permissions are requested.
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