Check the age of the prediction

The tracker displays the stored snapshot retrieval time and the selected satellite’s element epoch. These timestamps describe different things: downloading today does not make old orbital elements current.

Loading orbital tools. Positions are calculated predictions, not live telemetry.

When data is unavailable

No placeholder satellite positions or invented passes are shown. A saved snapshot may remain available during an outage, with age warnings. Administrators can inspect the refresh circuit and last actual scheduled-task execution in What’s Above Me → Data Health.