Satellites
Every operational satellite, with live position.
Every active satellite
Eight thousand, four hundred and twelve operational satellites, each with a live position, an owner, a purpose, and a story if you want it.
The catalog fields
norad id the number we track it by owner who launched and runs it purpose comms / earth-obs / nav / science altitude LEO / MEO / GEO / HEO
From a few to eight thousand
In 2019 there were barely two thousand active satellites. The mega-constellations changed everything, and the catalog kept pace.