stuff in space helps visualize everything orbiting earth in real time

stuff in space helps visualize everything orbiting earth in real time
all images courtesy of james yoder

everyone knows there’s a lot of traffic in space, with satellites beaming mega amounts of data all around the globe. but it’s not like a simple linear traffic jam that you can find at a local highway, and that’s why future engineer james yoder created ‘stuff in space’, a website designed to visualize everything that is orbiting around our precious earth. it is meant to promote space flight safety, protection of the space environment and the peaceful use of space worldwide by sharing space services and information with satellite owners, operators, academia and other institutions. 

the website updates daily with orbit data from space track and uses satellite javascript library to calculate their positions. the creator james yoder, is currently a studying electrical and computer engineering at the university of texas in austin. check out the website, and spend hours finding out what’s spinning around us.