Satellites around Earth

18,000+satellites in orbit as of September 2026, working and dead

Every dot below is one working satellite, coloured by the country that owns it. Tap a country to single it out.

Tap a launch to find its pad on the globe. Times are in your time zone.

Snapshot from 9 October 2026; launch dates slip often. Dots follow each constellation's real orbit heights and tilts, but are a model, not live tracking. Time runs about 140× faster than real.

Sources: Orbital Radar, Next Spaceflight, Space Launch Schedule, Wikipedia. Purposes and free-data flags are estimates by fleet.

Drag to turn the Earth. Scroll or pinch to zoom out to the ring of geostationary satellites.