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Every single satellite orbiting Earth, in a single image
BGR via yahoo ^ | March 6, 2014 | Zach Epstein

Posted on 03/07/2014 1:33:33 PM PST by bgill

Cell phones and in-dash navigation systems rely on GPS satellites, Dish and DirecTV obviously use satellite feeds, and satellite communications systems offered by the likes of Inmarsat and Iridium continue to proliferate across various industries. Just how crowded is it getting up there above the Earth’s atmosphere?

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KEYWORDS: orbit; satellite; space
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To: bgill

The bottom image shows asymmetry with satellites almost forming a “bowl”. I think that this may prove that North is “down”! :)


21 posted on 03/07/2014 2:30:04 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: bgill

Wow


22 posted on 03/07/2014 2:32:12 PM PST by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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To: plsvn; PGR88
It's happened once so far ...

That was the last one. A French spy satellite lost contact, and they asked the Brits about it. The British equivalent of NORAD looked back over its records and found an occurrence of intersecting orbits.

It was determined that a dead satellite (also French, iirc) clipped the bottom of the spy bird, shearing part off, and sending it tumbling.

When you think about space being big, you have to remember that there are desirable orbits, and they do get crowded. Also, gravity sucks, and those objects get pulled down into much narrower "corridors", increasing the chances of collision.

Since global warming isn't happening, the atmosphere isn't expanding often to create drag on all the defunct objects and junk, to help to clean up some of the stuff.

23 posted on 03/07/2014 2:52:23 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: bgill

I saw that on WALL-E


24 posted on 03/07/2014 2:53:47 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: plsvn

They recorded the whole aftermath in Gravity.


25 posted on 03/07/2014 2:55:21 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: the_Watchman
They want more satellites in the northern hemisphere because that's where most of the people are.
26 posted on 03/07/2014 4:01:40 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: InterceptPoint
That visible ring must be the geostationary orbit.

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Indeed it is. What this tells us is that if we had good enough telescopes we could tell if the aliens have DirecTV. ;)

Then they've had DirecTV on Saturn since before Galileo's time, right?

27 posted on 03/07/2014 5:03:23 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: bgill

Nasa has a web app that shows this in real time. It’s pretty cool. I believe this particular image is why I’m no longer being abducted by aliens. It’s just too darn dangerous for them. :-)


28 posted on 03/07/2014 8:24:12 PM PST by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: BwanaNdege

Then they’ve had DirecTV on Saturn since before Galileo’s time, right?
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Actually, that hadn’t occurred to me. Those guys at DirecTV were really ahead of their time.


29 posted on 03/07/2014 9:04:25 PM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: bgill

Lots of stuff up there - the gross size relationship to make them visible on that size diagram makes it look a whole lot more crowded than it is.


30 posted on 03/08/2014 2:30:08 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hard to believe you have not been pinged to this!


31 posted on 03/09/2014 8:55:19 AM PDT by houeto (We intend to liberate Democrats from the dreaded Job-Lock this November!)
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To: bgill

Which one is Sandra Bullock?


32 posted on 03/09/2014 9:08:06 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: houeto; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ...

Yeah, really, what’s up with that? ;’) Thanks houeto, a nice extra for APoD.


33 posted on 03/09/2014 1:12:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: bgill
And I'll bet it does include the aliens


34 posted on 03/09/2014 1:20:38 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: bgill
Somewhat larger, clearer.


35 posted on 03/09/2014 3:41:17 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
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To: bgill

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agi.android.augmentedreality


36 posted on 03/10/2014 6:16:49 AM PDT by WSGilcrest (/s)
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To: cuban leaf

In these representations, each satellite looks to be about the size of Mexico.


37 posted on 03/10/2014 6:22:36 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice
In these representations, each satellite looks to be about the size of Mexico.

Especially the geosynchronous ones on the other side of earth. ;-)
38 posted on 03/10/2014 6:40:19 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: bgill

I can’t find the X-37B. Does it have a cloaking device?


39 posted on 03/10/2014 3:28:01 PM PDT by kitchen (Even the walls have ears.)
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To: cuban leaf

And none of these satellites could detect a Boeing 777 going down?


40 posted on 03/12/2014 1:39:07 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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