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ISS location

A DNS LOC record publishes geographic coordinates for the International Space Station, making a rarely used record type answer a live question.

ISSLOC recordsgeolocation

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Screenshot used in the talk for ISS location
Screenshot used in the original talk.

Terence Eden’s example publishes the location of the International Space Station in DNS LOC records. It uses a DNS record type designed for geographic coordinates.

The result is a live-location lookup that can be read with normal DNS tooling. It also gives LOC records a rare moment in the foreground.

Primary source: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/