What's up there? How many countries have stuck satellites up into space, how many of those satellites are working, part-working or just bits of junk? This graphic may help to enlighten you. Click to enlarge!
source: UCS Satellite Database + The Satellite Encyclopedia
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desertdragon 40 months ago | reply
this is very cool!
frame|aera 40 months ago | reply
128.684 - die Weltherrschaft naht!
RULES!!! Sehr geil.
Xoai 40 months ago | reply
You missed 1 (at least as what I know). Vietnam already has 1 since 2008. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinasat-1 It would be really great if you can update this to the next version of the chart.
Wandering Star 40 months ago | reply
Impressive data-pr0n, Michæl, I'm in awe of your chart-fu. What a bizarre coincidence that Russia, with 2x active devices, and 40x dysfunctional devices, has the same amount of space debris as China!
AndreasSchepers 40 months ago | reply
nice!
jovan_pro 40 months ago | reply
great
aminoussar 40 months ago | reply
awesome!!!
achuertas 40 months ago | reply
I work at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Thanks so much for putting this graphic together with our data. I've passed this onto our staff, including the folks who maintain our satellite database. You can reach me at ahuertas@ucsusa.org.
Michael Spitz 40 months ago | reply
Excellent!
彭升 40 months ago | reply
i wonder how could china made so much orbiting space debris by that little satellites
KevinRussell 40 months ago | reply
beautiful. thank you.
JARM13 40 months ago | reply
What , there's around 16,000 of them zipping along up there isn't it ? That doesn't include the little pieces of junk . All that since 1957 and lot's of it has come down already .
anit.das1 40 months ago | reply
A lot of typos.
anit.das1 40 months ago | reply
also, =/> is the same as <
Anne_Roth 40 months ago | reply
Hi,
great picture. I'd love to have in in my blog (http://annalist.noblogs.org) and will respect your copyright: may I?
Rag and Bone Man 40 months ago | reply
Nice work! :-)) never seen it represented like this before...
anit.das1 =/> is NOT the same as <
=/> means "Equal to or greater than" and < means "less than"... Please take a look here
synaestheta 40 months ago | reply
awesome design in these ones!
Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst 38 months ago | reply
This is really really cool! Love the design as much as the content, really nice! It's a shame though to see how much waste we just throw into space...
Dr. RawheaD 35 months ago | reply
Love the super low S/N ratio for China :lol:
Space Elevator Guy 14 months ago | reply
I really like this graphic. It's terrific information, displayed in a very accessible way. I plan on using it in my classroom (naturally, I'll give credit!).
I'd love to see this re-drawn with a debris limit of 5cm... The US would go up a little, but China would be off the charts!