How Many Satellites Are Watching You? — Imaging Satellite Pass Tracker For Any Location
Hundreds of imaging satellites photograph every point on Earth, every single day.
Discover which ones are watching your location right now.
Find out how many satellites pass over your house, see real satellite imagery of your city, and get your area's surveillance score — free, for any location on Earth.
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Some locations are photographed by imaging satellites over 100 times per day.
Military installations, capital cities, and geopolitical flashpoints attract the most orbital attention.
Click any row to scan that location yourself.
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Location
Grade
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The White House, Washington DC
F
120+
2
Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
F
110+
3
Area 51, Groom Lake, Nevada
F
105+
4
London, United Kingdom
F
95+
5
Jerusalem, Israel
F
90+
6
Paris, France
F
88+
7
Beijing, China
F
85+
8
Seoul, South Korea
D
80+
9
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
D
75+
10
Moscow, Russia
D
72+
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Satellite Surveillance & Earth Observation FAQ
How many satellites photograph me each day?
Depending on your location, between 10 and 50+ imaging satellites pass over and photograph your area every single day. This includes commercial operators like Planet Labs (200+ satellites), government missions like Sentinel-2 and Landsat, and military/intelligence satellites from multiple countries. Use the tool above to find the exact number for your location.
Can satellites see me from space? How detailed is satellite imagery?
The highest-resolution commercial satellites (like Maxar's WorldView-3) can see objects as small as 30 cm across — about the size of a laptop. While they cannot identify individual people, they can clearly distinguish cars, boats, construction equipment, and building details. Most imaging satellites operate at 0.3m to 30m resolution. SAR (radar) satellites like ICEYE can image through clouds and at night. Learn more about satellite orbits and how orbit altitude affects resolution.
What is the surveillance score?
The surveillance score grades your location from A (minimal surveillance) to F (heavily surveilled) based on how many imaging satellites photograph it, how often, and at what resolution. It considers the number of unique operators, the countries involved, and the breakdown across optical, SAR (radar), and multispectral sensors. Major cities and military installations typically receive an F grade, while remote ocean areas may receive an A or B.
Which countries operate Earth observation satellites?
Over 30 countries operate Earth observation satellites. The largest operators include the US (Planet Labs, Maxar, NASA, NOAA), the EU (ESA Sentinel/Copernicus), China (Gaofen, Jilin), India (ISRO Cartosat, ResourceSat), Germany (TerraSAR-X), Italy (COSMO-SkyMed), Canada (RADARSAT), South Korea (KOMPSAT), and Israel (EROS). See the full breakdown on our satellites by country page.
What is NASA GIBS and where does the satellite imagery come from?
NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) provides free, publicly available satellite imagery of the entire Earth updated daily. It includes data from instruments like MODIS (on Terra and Aqua satellites) and VIIRS (on Suomi NPP), offering 250m to 500m resolution true-colour imagery. Satellite Eye also uses Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery at 10m resolution, pan-sharpened for clarity. All imagery is publicly available under open data licences.
How many satellites are above me right now?
At any given moment, there are typically 5–15 imaging satellites within range of your location (800 km ground track radius), and over 10,000 active satellites in Earth orbit total. Satellite Eye tracks only the imaging and Earth observation satellites — the ones equipped with cameras, radar, or multispectral sensors that can photograph the ground. Enter your location above to see what's overhead right now, updated every 15 seconds.
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SURVEILLANCE SCORE
Analysing imaging frequency and resolution…
Compare with other locations
IMAGING PASS TIMELINE
Each entry is a confirmed imaging satellite pass over your coordinates. Timestamps are in your local time zone.
YOUR AREA FROM SPACE
What Satellites See
Real satellite imagery of your area. Enhanced Sentinel-2 pan-sharpened imagery at 10m resolution,
or NASA GIBS daily imagery via Terra and
Suomi NPP.
Acquiring Satellite Imagery
Sentinel-2 · Pan-sharpened · 10m resolution
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Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) · VIIRS/MODIS · Public Domain
💡 Cloud cover? Use ← Prev Day to browse back to a clear day, or switch to Sentinel-2 for an auto-clear image.
TIME MACHINE
Your Location Through Time
Compare your area today versus historical satellite imagery. Landsat data goes back to the 1980s for most locations.
1990
NOW
Compare year:Landsat 8 (2013+) · MODIS fallback (2002–2012) · NASA / USGS
LIVE OVERHEAD
Imaging Satellites Above You Right Now
Satellites with cameras or radar currently within range of your location. Updates every 15 seconds.
Ground Tracks · Regional View · Live
Range: 800 km ground track radius · Refresh: 15s ·
View all tracked satellites on our live trackers
EARTH EVENTS
Before & After — Disasters From Space
Satellite imagery reveals the true scale of natural disasters.
Drag the slider to compare before and after.
Enhanced with Sentinel-2 10m imagery and Maxar Open Data where available.
LEARN MORE
Understanding Earth Observation
Earth observation satellites are the silent sentinels of our planet — monitoring climate change,
tracking deforestation, assisting disaster response, and supporting precision agriculture.
Over 1,000 active imaging satellites orbit Earth, operated by dozens of countries and
commercial companies.
The largest commercial constellation is Planet Labs,
with over 200 Dove satellites providing daily 3-metre imagery of the entire landmass.
Government missions like ESA's Sentinel-2
and NASA's Landsat provide free,
open-access multispectral imagery critical for scientific research.