Of Planes and Satellites
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2200 satellites orbits and 67000 flight routes visualized in 3D 🛰️✈️ ! ### Info * Orbits are correctly scaled. * Maximum airplanes altitude is overly exaggerated (by a factor of ~300). * I'd advice you to visit the [Europen Space Agency (ESA) website](https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Types_of_orbits) to understand the different types of orbits, and learn why the ISS orbits around Earth in ~1h40 or why your satellite dish needs to be precisely calibrated. ### Orbits categories * Dark blue: Communications * Light blue: Earth Observation (optical, radar, meteo...) * Red/Orange: Positioning systems (GPS, Galileo, BeiDou...) * Green: R&D and Space science ### Resources * Orbits: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database * Airports and routes: https://github.com/jpatokal/openflights/ * Landmask/borders: http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/pages/extra.html <br> **Note:** Randomizing orbits Z-rotation (more realistic) looks like: ![](https://i.imgur.com/KSQTqVK.jpg)

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Of Planes and Satellites

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10/25/2026

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