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Of Planes and Satellites
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2200 satellites orbits and 67000 flight routes visualized in 3D 🛰️✈️ !
### Info
* Orbits are correctly scaled.
* Maximum airplanes altitude is overly exaggerated (by a factor of ~300).
* I'd advice you to visit the [Europen Space Agency (ESA) website](https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Types_of_orbits) to understand the different types of orbits, and learn why the ISS orbits around Earth in ~1h40 or why your satellite dish needs to be precisely calibrated.
### Orbits categories
* Dark blue: Communications
* Light blue: Earth Observation (optical, radar, meteo...)
* Red/Orange: Positioning systems (GPS, Galileo, BeiDou...)
* Green: R&D and Space science
### Resources
* Orbits: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database
* Airports and routes: https://github.com/jpatokal/openflights/
* Landmask/borders: http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/pages/extra.html
**Note:** Randomizing orbits Z-rotation (more realistic) looks like: 
**Note:** Randomizing orbits Z-rotation (more realistic) looks like: 
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3D Model
Of Planes and Satellites
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Author:
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Published:
April 20, 2020
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