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Re:Satellite Tracker 3D by mthoms on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:11PM (#34794375)
Very, very cool.

I know little about the subject matter but expected to see higher density around the equator. Unless I'm mistaken, geo-stationary satelites need to remain there(?)

Re:Satellite Tracker 3D by tastyfreeze on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:39PM (#34794788)
They do but geostationary is at an altitude of 35,786km. That gives a circumference of 264,869km and an arc length of 736 km per degree. That is a lot of space to fit satellites.

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space." - Douglas Adams

Re:Satellite Tracker 3D by ianburrell on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:29PM (#34796322)
You can see geostationary satellites if you zoom out. They are more apparent if rotate to look down from the poles. It looks like a faint ring.

There aren't that many geostationary satellites. They need to stay spaced out to avoid each other. The result is a few, large satellites instead of the large cloud of ones close to Earth.

Re:Satellite Tracker 3D by ngcc_hk on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @06:42PM (#34797877)
No knowledge. But is the two posts just contradict each other ?

Anyway, very cool and click on individual dot give you the orbit. Still not sure how to find the geostationary one though.