Tracking Satellites and Space Debris in Earth Orbit 

This series of visualizations illustrates the population of objects orbiting Earth as of February 2024. The data comes from United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), via space-track.org, which maintains a publicly available catalog of trackable objects in space. These include active satellites, defunct spacecraft, rocket bodies, and debris fragments larger than roughly 10 cm in low Earth orbit. While smaller debris also exists, it typically goes untracked due to observational limits, making the actual number of objects in orbit significantly higher than what is shown here. 

The NASA Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Program located at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) provides conjunction analysis and risk assessment services for all NASA spacecraft not affiliated with human space flight. CARA is responsible for protecting the orbital environment from collision between NASA non-human space flight missions and other tracked and cataloged on-orbit objects. 


For more information: 
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5258/ 

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