Atlas / Dashboard Space dashboard Everything humanity has put in orbit, and everything the sky has taken back, from Sputnik in 1957 to the CelesTrak snapshot of 2026-08-14. Every figure is computed live from the same catalog that drives the 3D atlas.
21,785
Intact objects in orbit now
Payloads and spent rocket bodies still up there.
26,875
Payloads ever cataloged
6,572 rocket bodies alongside them.
16,466
Live-tracked right now
Objects carrying current orbital elements.
12,314
Tracked debris fragments in orbit
64% of all cataloged debris has already reentered.
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How orbits filled up Entering and leaving orbit Orbit classes today Debris created and cleared Who is in orbit Constellations Objects in orbit by orbit class, 1957 to today
Tracked payloads and rocket bodies still in orbit at each year's end, stacked by orbit class.
Copy image 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 LEO · 18,454 MEO · 640 GEO · 1,696 HEO · 995 LEO MEO GEO HEO Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura Low Earth orbit holds the overwhelming majority: 18,454 of the 21,785 intact objects in orbit today. Reconstructed from launch and decay dates, so the 2026 edge matches the live counts above.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT. Objects entering and leaving orbit, per year
Satellites launched and debris created (up) versus objects reentering (down), each year, split by population.
Copy image 2k 4k 6k 2k 4k 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 3 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 7 satellites launched 2 debris fragments created 3 satellites reentered 13 satellites launched 4 debris fragments created 5 satellites reentered 30 satellites launched 21 debris fragments created 13 satellites reentered 7 debris fragments reentered 52 satellites launched 354 debris fragments created 34 satellites reentered 22 debris fragments reentered 106 satellites launched 78 debris fragments created 68 satellites reentered 59 debris fragments reentered 100 satellites launched 234 debris fragments created 61 satellites reentered 25 debris fragments reentered 143 satellites launched 134 debris fragments created 76 satellites reentered 35 debris fragments reentered 198 satellites launched 1,195 debris fragments created 83 satellites reentered 166 debris fragments reentered 179 satellites launched 394 debris fragments created 104 satellites reentered 236 debris fragments reentered 241 satellites launched 177 debris fragments created 146 satellites reentered 147 debris fragments reentered 226 satellites launched 438 debris fragments created 156 satellites reentered 127 debris fragments reentered 214 satellites launched 398 debris fragments created 158 satellites reentered 160 debris fragments reentered 221 satellites launched 665 debris fragments created 145 satellites reentered 127 debris fragments reentered 246 satellites launched 357 debris fragments created 126 satellites reentered 185 debris fragments reentered 229 satellites launched 411 debris fragments created 124 satellites reentered 227 debris fragments reentered 237 satellites launched 520 debris fragments created 141 satellites reentered 296 debris fragments reentered 244 satellites launched 458 debris fragments created 141 satellites reentered 211 debris fragments reentered 286 satellites launched 821 debris fragments created 144 satellites reentered 260 debris fragments reentered 302 satellites launched 687 debris fragments created 154 satellites reentered 254 debris fragments reentered 273 satellites launched 644 debris fragments created 147 satellites reentered 324 debris fragments reentered 286 satellites launched 471 debris fragments created 172 satellites reentered 340 debris fragments reentered 251 satellites launched 325 debris fragments created 197 satellites reentered 429 debris fragments reentered 253 satellites launched 372 debris fragments created 199 satellites reentered 360 debris fragments reentered 296 satellites launched 874 debris fragments created 182 satellites reentered 443 debris fragments reentered 291 satellites launched 634 debris fragments created 177 satellites reentered 372 debris fragments reentered 324 satellites launched 554 debris fragments created 179 satellites reentered 313 debris fragments reentered 335 satellites launched 393 debris fragments created 163 satellites reentered 383 debris fragments reentered 328 satellites launched 733 debris fragments created 147 satellites reentered 288 debris fragments reentered 268 satellites launched 1,095 debris fragments created 146 satellites reentered 387 debris fragments reentered 282 satellites launched 876 debris fragments created 146 satellites reentered 479 debris fragments reentered 282 satellites launched 508 debris fragments created 179 satellites reentered 757 debris fragments reentered 274 satellites launched 643 debris fragments created 194 satellites reentered 860 debris fragments reentered 326 satellites launched 355 debris fragments created 169 satellites reentered 378 debris fragments reentered 253 satellites launched 550 debris fragments created 146 satellites reentered 408 debris fragments reentered 259 satellites launched 478 debris fragments created 143 satellites reentered 215 debris fragments reentered 214 satellites launched 249 debris fragments created 100 satellites reentered 131 debris fragments reentered 241 satellites launched 296 debris fragments created 99 satellites reentered 90 debris fragments reentered 187 satellites launched 342 debris fragments created 89 satellites reentered 83 debris fragments reentered 177 satellites launched 805 debris fragments created 78 satellites reentered 163 debris fragments reentered 244 satellites launched 112 debris fragments created 79 satellites reentered 334 debris fragments reentered 652 satellites launched 239 debris fragments created 95 satellites reentered 300 debris fragments reentered 219 satellites launched 188 debris fragments created 109 satellites reentered 323 debris fragments reentered 220 satellites launched 394 debris fragments created 130 satellites reentered 270 debris fragments reentered 144 satellites launched 426 debris fragments created 128 satellites reentered 281 debris fragments reentered 161 satellites launched 233 debris fragments created 112 satellites reentered 396 debris fragments reentered 151 satellites launched 77 debris fragments created 70 satellites reentered 233 debris fragments reentered 140 satellites launched 71 debris fragments created 71 satellites reentered 127 debris fragments reentered 126 satellites launched 63 debris fragments created 67 satellites reentered 147 debris fragments reentered 149 satellites launched 499 debris fragments created 58 satellites reentered 220 debris fragments reentered 171 satellites launched 3,679 debris fragments created 60 satellites reentered 138 debris fragments reentered 174 satellites launched 750 debris fragments created 59 satellites reentered 688 debris fragments reentered 185 satellites launched 2,556 debris fragments created 60 satellites reentered 242 debris fragments reentered 180 satellites launched 221 debris fragments created 62 satellites reentered 320 debris fragments reentered 188 satellites launched 116 debris fragments created 83 satellites reentered 420 debris fragments reentered 195 satellites launched 275 debris fragments created 78 satellites reentered 393 debris fragments reentered 265 satellites launched 158 debris fragments created 81 satellites reentered 374 debris fragments reentered 263 satellites launched 271 debris fragments created 134 satellites reentered 546 debris fragments reentered 238 satellites launched 541 debris fragments created 115 satellites reentered 365 debris fragments reentered 242 satellites launched 103 debris fragments created 106 satellites reentered 160 debris fragments reentered 445 satellites launched 64 debris fragments created 86 satellites reentered 114 debris fragments reentered 485 satellites launched 430 debris fragments created 141 satellites reentered 107 debris fragments reentered 533 satellites launched 239 debris fragments created 138 satellites reentered 192 debris fragments reentered 1,285 satellites launched 478 debris fragments created 164 satellites reentered 266 debris fragments reentered 1,846 satellites launched 1,917 debris fragments created 224 satellites reentered 316 debris fragments reentered 2,490 satellites launched 1,004 debris fragments created 427 satellites reentered 2,055 debris fragments reentered 2,970 satellites launched 138 debris fragments created 758 satellites reentered 1,310 debris fragments reentered 2,899 satellites launched 736 debris fragments created 1,189 satellites reentered 988 debris fragments reentered 4,618 satellites launched 21 debris fragments created 1,212 satellites reentered 660 debris fragments reentered 2,892 satellites launched 24 debris fragments created 631 satellites reentered 222 debris fragments reentered entering orbit reentering Satellites (payloads + rocket bodies) Tracked debris fragments Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura
Launches now run into the thousands per year as constellations deploy in batches. Debris creation shows up as sharp spikes at the events that made it: the 2007 and 2009 collisions and anti-satellite tests. Reentries rise and fall with the 11-year solar cycle, which puffs up the upper atmosphere and pulls low orbits down faster.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT. Debris creation dates use the documented breakup dates of the major events; smaller families are dated to their parent launch. The last 120 days, day by day
Objects entering and leaving orbit each day since 2026-04-17, split into satellites and debris.
Copy image 50 100 50 May Jun Jul Aug 2 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 26 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 5 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites launched 9 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 38 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 4 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 25 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 5 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 29 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 56 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 29 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites reentered 45 satellites launched 7 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 2 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 7 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 41 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 7 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 19 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 24 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 29 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 3 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 29 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 26 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 58 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 28 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 48 satellites launched 6 satellites reentered 19 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 23 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 29 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites launched 7 debris fragments created 4 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 27 satellites launched 35 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 2 satellites reentered 5 satellites reentered 32 satellites launched 7 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 2 debris fragments reentered 58 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 11 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 2 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites launched 2 debris fragments reentered 5 satellites reentered 24 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites launched 6 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 4 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 53 satellites launched 7 satellites reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 19 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 50 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 75 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 29 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 1 debris fragments created 1 satellites reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 57 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 21 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 3 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 17 satellites launched 5 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 28 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 10 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 7 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 2 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 4 satellites reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites launched 2 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites launched 1 debris fragments created 1 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 24 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 satellites reentered 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 34 satellites launched 6 satellites launched 1 satellites reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 3 satellites launched 4 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 4 satellites reentered 24 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered entering orbit reentering Satellites (payloads + rocket bodies) Tracked debris fragments Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura
Up close, launches arrive in batches: a tall bar is a constellation deployment. Below the line, satellites and debris reenter almost every day as the atmosphere quietly clears the lowest orbits.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT. The last 7 days
Objects entering and leaving orbit each day since 2026-08-08, split into satellites and debris.
Copy image 10 20 30 10 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 13 Aug 14 24 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 2 satellites launched 3 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 satellites reentered 1 debris fragments reentered entering orbit reentering Satellites (payloads + rocket bodies) Tracked debris fragments Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura
This week at a glance. The most recent day or two can read low while the catalog catches up on the latest launches and reentries.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT. Tracked debris fragments reentering per year
Fragments removed from the catalog by reentry, by calendar year.
Copy image 0 1k 2k 3k 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 fragments reentered 1961: 22 1962: 59 1963: 25 1964: 35 1965: 166 1966: 236 1967: 147 1968: 127 1969: 160 1970: 127 1971: 185 1972: 227 1973: 296 1974: 211 1975: 260 1976: 254 1977: 324 1978: 340 1979: 429 1980: 360 1981: 443 1982: 372 1983: 313 1984: 383 1985: 288 1986: 387 1987: 479 1988: 757 1989: 860 1990: 378 1991: 408 1992: 215 1993: 131 1994: 90 1995: 83 1996: 163 1997: 334 1998: 300 1999: 323 2000: 270 2001: 281 2002: 396 2003: 233 2004: 127 2005: 147 2006: 220 2007: 138 2008: 688 2009: 242 2010: 320 2011: 420 2012: 393 2013: 374 2014: 546 2015: 365 2016: 160 2017: 114 2018: 107 2019: 192 2020: 266 2021: 316 2022: 2,055 2023: 1,310 2024: 988 2025: 660 2026: 222 Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura
Of 34,568 debris fragments ever tracked, 22,254 have already reentered and burned up. Reentries surge when the Sun is active and the upper atmosphere expands.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT reentry dates. Debris only, the last 120 days
Tracked debris created (up) versus debris reentering (down) each day since 2026-04-17.
Copy image 5 10 5 May Jun Jul Aug 3 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 7 debris fragments created 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 3 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments created 3 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments created 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 2 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered 1 debris fragments reentered created reentering Tracked debris fragments Space Atlas · SpaceAtlas.tech @ApoStructura
Zoomed to debris alone, the daily balance tilts the good way: fragments reenter and burn up on most days, while new debris appears only occasionally (a tall bar is a single breakup entering the catalog). Over the whole record, 64% of all tracked debris has already come back down.Source: CelesTrak SATCAT. Debris does not appear on a smooth yearly curve the way launches do: the public catalog records each fragment under its parent's launch date, not the day it broke apart. So the clouds are best read as events. These are the largest on record, with their documented breakup dates:
Event Cause Date Altitude Fragments Still up Fengyun-1C Anti-satellite test 2007-01-11 863 km 3,530 2,316 Cosmos 1408 Anti-satellite test 2021-11-15 480 km 1,806 4 Cosmos 2251 Collision 2009-02-10 789 km 1,714 618 CZ-6A upper stage (2022) Explosion 2022-11-12 800 km 800 620 Pegasus HAPS stage Explosion 1996-06-03 625 km 753 56 CZ-6A upper stage (2024) Explosion 2024-08-06 810 km 705 578 Iridium 33 Collision 2009-02-10 789 km 656 117 Cosmos 2421 Anomalous breakup 2008-03-14 410 km 508 0 Ariane 1 third stage Explosion 1986-11-13 805 km 496 22 Cosmos 1275 Anomalous breakup 1981-07-24 980 km 478 402
Want the full story of where debris collects and why it clears? Read the space-debris explainer .
Orbital data: CelesTrak SATCAT & GP element sets · Physical data: GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
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