Real-time Satellites in Google Earth
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Stumble ThisMany people have no idea how many satellites orbit around the Earth. Now you can see the real-time positions of over 13,000 satellites updated every 30 seconds with Google Earth. -GE blog
The video shows all satellites, this includes active satellites, inactive satellites, debris and rocket bodies.
Here is the kml file for Google Earth.
The video shows all satellites, this includes active satellites, inactive satellites, debris and rocket bodies.
Here is the kml file for Google Earth.
I love google earth!
But I want to see the Google Earth satellite...
Well if you look hard I'm sure you can find GeoEye-1 somewhere between the active satellites
If you have the kml file in Google Earth you can check what you want to see, i.e. active satellites, inactive satellites, debris and rocket bodies.
Seriously though, how do shuttles make it into space without crashing into one?
http://www.celestrak.com/satcat/growth.pdf