The path of the 2023 annular solar eclipse across the united states

See the Detailed path of the Annular Solar Eclipse

Launch Sites

The interactive map below includes the teams' institution locations and planned launch sites for the October 14, 2023 annular eclipse. Toggle layers on and off in the left sidebar. 

Flight Predictions

Below are links to interactive Google maps showing flight predictions from different states using historic weather data from October 13, 14, and 15 in each 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Each path of dots represents a different prediction day. Using the panel on the left, the trajectories for each of the different locations can be toggled on and off by clicking the red/orange check mark box.

The trajectories are color coated in 3000-meter increments, with the purple/darker colors being the lower altitudes and the red/brighter colors being the higher altitudes. 

Oregon

Nevada

Utah

New Mexico

Texas

The trajectories are color coated in 4500-meter increments, with the purple/darker colors being the lower altitudes and the red/brighter colors being the higher altitudes.  The floating altitude and duration for these trajectories are 22860 meters (75,000 feet) and 60 minutes.

Oregon

Nevada

Utah

New Mexico

Texas

The trajectories are color coated in 4500-meter increments, with the purple/darker colors being the lower altitudes and the red/brighter colors being the higher altitudes.  The floating altitude and duration for these trajectories are 22860 meters (75,000 feet) and 60 minutes.

Oregon

Nevada

Utah

New Mexico

Texas