Interactive map of all 10,495 Starlink satellites currently in orbit
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An interactive, live map of all 10,495 Starlink satellites currently in orbit, plotted from the US Space Force catalogue using SGP4. The article explains how Starlink works — a signal travels from a user's dish 550 km up to a satellite, across the sky via laser links, down to a ground gateway wired into the internet, and back, with round-trip latency of 25-60 milliseconds — low enough for video calls. It notes that most weeks another batch of satellites launches via Falcon 9 rockets.
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From your dish, 550 km straight up to a satellite passing overhead, across the sky by laser, down to a gateway wired into the internet, and back.
The whole round trip takes about 25 to 60 milliseconds. Low enough for a video call.
Most weeks, another batch goes up.
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