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September 8, 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 8:08 AM
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Posted by: Stefan at September 8, 2008 9:57 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 2:32 PM
This is great
Posted by: Peter Sneeter at November 22, 2008 8:09 PM
Outstanding video! Its remarkable that they can actually get any of the space shuttles into a "safe" orbit with all those satellites around. Seems theres a lot of stuff up there now.
Posted by: Alan at January 5, 2009 9:21 AM
Just wanted to know if there is any way to view my street on a specific date in the past. I was robbed and wanted to see if I could see anything suspicious going on in front of my house? Please, someone, respond to this message!!! I'm desperate to find out ANYTHING, if at all. Thanks, Nitra
Posted by: anitra at January 8, 2009 7:56 PM
This is an urgent matter. I like to have leads to those people who can help us to find a real time Google Earth to help us to take static/motion pictures from certain location in earth.
Can anyone help me on this topic?
Thanks...
Posted by: Oscar at June 25, 2009 10:38 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:-)