Now it is very much possible to track the location of an Earth orbiting spacecraft and other space missions in real time with the latest tracking system. Called the Track ESA Spacecraft feature it is available online and now the tracker can be accessed by clicking on the icon link on the right or below. The location of the International Space station is displayed automatically once the site gets loaded. The location of the satellite is updated every hour.
One can even view the ground tracks for space observatory mission of ESA which includes Hubble Space Telescope, Cluster, XMM-Newton and Hubble Space Telescope. The tracker is just like a gadget and a combination of satellite location data with map images offered by Google maps along with formatting instructions is updated on to the site.
Via: esa
