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Notes

Two stations. Two ground tracks.

The ISS has been crewed since 2000. Tiangong was completed in 2022. Their inclinations are different, so a pass over one is not a pass over the other.

The International Space Station photographed from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a flyaround on 8 November 2021

ISS

International Space Station

The ISS is the largest structure in orbit. Its ground track reaches higher latitudes than Tiangong, so the two stations do not pass over the same cities.

NASA / Crew-2 · Public domain

Note on ISS
Astronaut Fei Junlong during a spacewalk on Tiangong, 9 February 2023

China Space Station

Tiangong

Tiangong, the Heavenly Palace, is China’s crewed station. It reached its T-shaped form in 2022. On the map it is labeled CSS, and its orbit stays closer to the equator than the ISS.

China Manned Space Engineering Office · CC BY 4.0

Note on CSS

Orbitrackers

Two crewed stations, plotted as they move. A membership adds a Telegram notice inside 500 km of a saved location.

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The programs

NASA

International Space Station

ESA

International Space Station

JAXA

Humans in space

Canadian Space Agency

The ISS

China Manned Space

Tiangong

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Photographs: NASA / Crew-2, public domain. Earth from the ISS, NASA, public domain. Tiangong spacewalk, China Manned Space Engineering Office, CC BY 4.0.