Sky Clutter: If You Could See Every Satellite in Low Earth Orbit!

(UPDATED)

A thoughtful,  interactive piece, which clearly demonstrates the increasing clutter in low earth orbit.   

If You Could See Every Satellite, What Would The Sky Look Like? 360/VR

By Scott Manley  1.51M subscribers

There are over ten thousand satellites in orbit, but only the largest ones in low earth orbit are visible in the hours just after sunset. What would the sky look like if you could see everything in space? I took satellite data and rendered a view of the night sky for an 'average' viewer in North America.

All the code and files needed to make this are shared with my supporters at Patreon      https://www.patreon.com/posts/31591742

Background Music is Spatial Harvest by Kevin Macleod.

Satellite data from 

https://www.space-track.org/

https://celestrak.com

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