Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍

This is an amazing app that allows you to see (almost) live all the #satellites and #debris (in LEO*) that are in #orbit above our heads.

You can pick one #satellite and get many info, including its orbit.

yeah, it's completely crowded, but we keep launching more and more #rockets πŸš€ and much more satellites, like if our ressources were unlimited.

https://leolabs.space/

*LEO: low-Earth orbit (~300km up to 2000km)

#Space #Espace @cnes

Nov 17 at 8:57amWeb
Show threadHedgewizard 🐈Nov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes

Primed for a future industry dealing with the crap, presumably after the first really expensive catastrophe?

Show threadDieuNov 17
@AlexSanterne @cnes as I wrote recently, Kessler syndrome is one of the things I quite confidently believe to see in my lifetime.
Show threadJonathan / JRONov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes

3D visualization of satellites in orbit around Earth: https://platform.leolabs.space/visualization

#Space

Low Earth Orbit Visualization | LeoLabs

A visualization of satellites, debris, and other objects tracked by LeoLabs in low earth orbit

Show threadLesley M 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊNov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes

It's crazy the amount of satellites overhead at any one time. Never mind all the debris and used rocket boosters (it's cool seeing them spin about in space. But it's frightening how much is actually up there! We must be getting close to a point of cascade of collisions of some satellites.

Show threadyunchtimeNov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes

so much junk up there...

Show threadRealGene ☣️Nov 17
@AlexSanterne @cnes
Excellent, but needs an option to turn off night/day illumination. Maybe just draw the terminator line?
Show threadMaria Langer | πŸ“πŸ›₯οΈπŸ’ŽNov 17
@AlexSanterne @cobalt123 @cnes It's funny, but we use non-renewable energy the same way: as if it was unlimited.πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ
Show threadKat the LeopardessNov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes Oh, I shouldnt have looked. Sooo many things in LEO above my region >.<

#KesslerSydrome

Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlΓ’neurNov 17
@AlexSanterne
This is appalling.
If Musk et al continue launching their space debris, travel to Mars or space outside Earth's atmosphere will become too risky to contemplate, let alone attempt.
Show threadIsocatNov 17

@AlexSanterne @cnes It's tempting to say we humans never learn the bigger lesson; we're apparently incapable of generalizing from our experience, so we make the same shortsighted mistakes again and again and again.

But it's more like those plenty of us who do see and generalize and learn are outspent by those with a vested interest in not.

Show threadPH7831Nov 17
@AlexSanterne "But, if we stop launching satellites, profits and GDP will not grow anymore, prices will rise, investors will not create jobs and then people will die !" πŸ˜¬πŸ˜–
Show threadLaura "Tegan" Gjovaag β›ˆ 🐸Nov 17

RE: https://fediscience.org/@AlexSanterne/115564206017374587

This is absolutely terrifying when you see it that way. Even knowing the icons are enormous compared to the actual items, it still feels like we haven't got much time before we hit Kessler Syndrome and low earth orbit becomes impassable for ... some time.

Show threadAxomamma, Antifa from birthNov 17
@AlexSanterne @cnes Speaking of satellites and debris in orbit above our heads, how is that Chinese outfit doing after their return rocket was damaged by debris?
Show threadFranz GrafNov 18
@AlexSanterne @cnes
Woah. That's a lot
Show threadDanny SutcliffeNov 18
@AlexSanterne @cnes I can imagine that one day we won't have a gap large enough to pass a rocket through, that'll complicate things quite a bit
Show threadcthululemonNov 18

@AlexSanterne @cnes

This is an amazing resource, thanks for sharing! Am I alone in feeling awe and a little sick to my stomach? 🀒