Mission Control is feeling generous, so we pulled back the curtain on the trace animation everyone keeps screenshotting. There is no radar dish, no ground station, and definitely no satellite politely reporting a stranger's coordinates. There is, however, a very pretty easing curve we are unreasonably proud of.
Every arc, ping, and dramatic LOCK ACQUIRED is drawn from random seeds and a stopwatch. The phone number you type is used only to make the on-screen theatre feel personal, then it is discarded the instant you close the tab. Nothing is sent anywhere. We could not locate a phone if a satellite begged us to.
Want the full teardown? Our how-it-works page walks through the illusion frame by frame. Bring popcorn. It is the least classified secret in orbit.