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Aren't the sats flying across space? Why do they appear stationary in this visualization?

• bergeyboy 6y ago
  In the animation, they are moving so slowly they appear to be stationary. Try lining one up with your cursor.
  • ciarannolan 6y ago
    Ah, okay. But there are stripes over specific areas of interest, like Canada and Africa. Maybe it's just coincidence that I looked at it when they were there?
    • gpm 6y ago
      The really dense strips would be coincidence (those are from recent launches, the satellites in them are slowly spreading apart until they look like all the other satellites). There is always a generally high concentration of satellites at the northern and southern end of the range as a result of orbital mechanics though.
      • ciarannolan 6y ago
        Cool, thanks! Very neat tool.