What changed in Earth orbit.
Orbital launches, launches scheduled in the next two weeks, the launch hazard and space-debris areas navigational warnings announce, reentries, and changes to the public satellite catalog between Orbit's own readings. Everything here is measured or reported by the sources named on it; Orbit adds no judgment.
United States China Russia and the Soviet Union Everyone else, by flag and code
Not live yet: manoeuvre detection. It waits on a test of the open maneuver-detect method and on the terms for the orbital history it needs. Until then Orbit reports no manoeuvres and makes no warnings.
Launch sites, pads and hazard areas
Launches of the last 7 days at their GCAT launch site, scheduled launches at their pad, and the launch hazard and space-debris areas in navigational warnings now in force. Select a mark for its row; every mark is also in the tables below. Ctrl and scroll (or two fingers) to zoom.
Launch, last 7 days (colour: launching country) Scheduled launch (colour: provider's country) Rocket launching area Space-debris area
Orbital launches, last 7 days
From GCAT's launch list. Payloads are those GCAT has cataloged so far; new ones are often added a day or more after launch.
Scheduled launches, next 14 days
From Launch Library 2. Scheduled times are the provider's or the press's and often move; some military launches are listed late or not at all. Countdowns run on your device's clock to the listed NET, refresh each minute, and are never finer than the NET's own precision; the status is Launch Library 2's when Orbit last read it.
Launch hazard and space-debris warnings in force
Navigational warnings that name rocket launching, space debris or reentry, from NGA's daily in-force memoranda (HYDROPAC, HYDROLANT, HYDROARC, NAVAREA IV and XII). NAVAREA XI (the Japan Coast Guard's area, including the waters off China) appears only where NGA rebroadcasts it. Windows and areas are the issuer's; the same area broadcast by more than one coordinator is one row. A scheduled launch is shown against a warning only when its NET falls in a window of four hours or less, or up to an hour before one opens: a time coincidence, not an attribution. Not for navigation: mariners use the official broadcasts.
Anti-satellite tests in space, 1959 to date
Every anti-satellite test in Secure World Foundation's history sheet, as SWF compiled it: who tested, when, with which interceptor, against which target, and the cataloged debris created, since re-entered and still on orbit. A record of past tests, not new events; tests SWF adds are listed at the top after Orbit's next reading.
Reentries, last 7 days
Payloads GCAT has dated as reentered. Dates are often approximate (marked ~).
Catalog changes and owner codes
Changes between Orbit's last two readings of GCAT. Owners come from GCAT, which keeps Soviet (SU) objects apart from Russian (RU) ones.