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Loading contentHow the satellites that watch the Earth, connect the world, and navigate the planet actually work — the orbits they use, what they do, who operates them, and how the space age began. Built on real satellite data that reuses the platform's agencies, rockets, and launch sites; nothing is fabricated.
A NASA/USGS Landsat satellite carrying the Operational Land Imager and Thermal Infrared Sensor, continuing the multi-decade land-imaging record.
SpaceX's low-Earth-orbit broadband internet constellation, the largest ever built, delivering global high-speed connectivity.
The United States' global navigation satellite system, providing worldwide positioning, navigation, and timing from medium Earth orbit.
The region of space from roughly 160 to 2,000 km altitude, where a satellite circles the Earth in about 90 minutes. Low latency and easy access make it the busiest orbital regime.