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Orbit data: CelesTrak

GP orbital elements (OMM) and SATCAT metadata, cached once per update window. CelesTrak is a non-profit that publishes satellite orbit data for free. This piece exists because of it. Support CelesTrak.

• Blue Marble: Next Generation — NASA Earth Observatory

  Daytime Earth: Reto Stöckli, Eric Vermote, Nazmi Saleous, Robert Simmon and David Herring (2005).

• Black Marble 2016 — NASA Earth Observatory

  City lights on the night side.

Processed by us from NASA's original files.

Every position is computed in your browser with the SGP4 model, in a background thread, from orbital elements refreshed at most every two hours. The globe is drawn with three.js, every satellite in a single pass. Nothing you do here is sent anywhere.

• satellite.jsMIT
• three.jsMIT
• React Three FiberMIT
• dreiMIT
• react-postprocessingMIT
• postprocessingZlib
• Next.jsMIT
• ReactMIT
• Tailwind CSSMIT
• Base UIMIT
• shadcn/uiMIT
• class-variance-authorityApache-2.0
• tw-animate-cssMIT
• Basis Universal transcoderApache-2.0
• Phosphor IconsMIT
• MotionMIT
• ZodMIT
• Upstash Redis clientMIT

• Instrument SansSIL OFL 1.1
• JetBrains MonoSIL OFL 1.1

Accuracy

Positions are approximate, computed with SGP4 from public orbital elements. Not for navigation, collision assessment or any safety purpose.

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