Скачать или смотреть A Timelapse of Satellite Launches: 1957–2025

This video presents a generative timelapse of satellite launches from 1957 to the present.
Launch sites and orbital movements are visualized on a world map, revealing the growing presence of humanity in space.

Orbital paths are shown for visual and artistic purposes and are not scientifically exact.




Launch and satellite data are sourced from the ESA DISCOS database.

For providing our services we are using information from ESA DISCOS (Database and Information System Characterising Objects in Space), a single-source reference for launch information, object registration details, launch vehicle descriptions, as well as spacecraft information for all trackable, unclassified objects. We acknowledge ESA's efforts to maintain and operate this database with its APIs.
https://discosweb.esoc.esa.int/

Map data is based on Natural Earth datasets.
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/