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September 08, 2008
Real-time Satellites in Google Earth
Early last week GEB mentioned the release of a new visualization by Analytic Graphics Inc. which shows the real-time position of 13,000 satellites around the Earth in Google Earth. The author of the collection, Matt Amato, wrote Slashdot which certainly got more attention than my brief post. Matt's collection is certainly worth a look if you haven't seen it. The satellite positions come from a government sponsored database maintained in part by AGI. The positions are updated automatically every 30 seconds. The Google Earth file also shows the names of the satellites, and if you click on the 3D placemarks you can get more details. I'm offering two new ways to view this collection in addition to the official KML file 
- first, you can watch the YouTube below. And, second you can view it with this Google Earth plugin .
Posted by FrankTaylor at September 8, 2008 08:08 AM
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Posted by: Stefan at September 8, 2008 09:57 AM
Didn't someone produce a KML of the satellite that China Blew up? Showing all the debris from it?
Posted by: Mark Reidy at September 8, 2008 12:24 PM
A very nice collection!
By accident I came across an Ariane 5 debris trajectory, which looks quite weird, but I assume the fact that the track is not an ellipse is caused by the fact that the trajectory is drawn against the fixed frame of Earths lat/long system which rotates in relation to the satellite which orbits the center of gravity.
Posted by: Philipp Salzgeber at September 8, 2008 02:32 PM
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If you do a search for "GeoEye" on the KML you'll find the placemark for the live position for the recently launched satellite. So, yes, the layer is definitely up-to-date:-)