Number of Satellites Over Time

This visual simulation takes you on a journey from 1957—when Sputnik became the first human-made object in orbit—all the way to 2025. Watch how the number of satellites has increased year by year, from the early days of space exploration to the rise of mega-constellations and private space ventures.

[JeffGoris]

I'm pretty sure we had the moon in 1957. The count should have started at 1.

[carlwarner]

And we still cannot get the mobile phones to work

[Merlin]

Verwunderlich das wir die Sonne noch sehen

[Eso]

I didn't know that each satellite was a few dozen square kilometers in size...

[Justmagic_NL]

In this scale you wouldn’t even see the Satellites

[kaboomkabuum]

We created a global shield of satelites. NO ONE COME IN OR OUT😅😅😅

[Faris-]

No wonder our wishes are not fulfilled when we see falling star and close our eyes. Because it's hard to distinguish between real thing and our space junk.

[longquynh]

Wrong illustration… even 1Mils Sats still small unless those sats as big as large city

[paulorsbrito]

It’s not that much, actually. It all could fit in my little home town and still left space for the people

[GibbyTheCat]

We went from 2, 300 on 2018 to 14, 000 today. What are big companies not telling us of what they’re planning

[User-c]

Je mehr es Satelliten gibt, umso weniger heizt sich die Erde auf.😂😂😂

[sportandmahabbat]

15лет назад я за минуту мог 3 спутника найти движущихся в разных направлениях в ночном небе, а сейчас 10-15 некоторые один за другим двигаются в линию

[hotdogrelish]

We trashed the earth and the oceans and space. Humans are going to be our demise.

[samuelmedeirossabinodias]

Good morning everyone! This also includes space junk, dead satellites that no longer function. If that's the case, there are a lot of satellites and junk in space. Recently, an old Soviet satellite entered the atmosphere and there is a risk that it could fall into a city, that is, fall on someone's head.

[LourimarBandeira]

It is impressive the power that Astronomers have to qualify or disqualify Space objects, for example, more than 50 years ago I learned that the Planet Pluto is Solid, has 5 Moons and orbits around the Sun, and now why don't they (Astronomers) want Pluto to no longer be a Planet, while Jupiter is not Solid and is called a Planet?

[arturolaraquevedo]

Para que esa imagen represente verdaderamente a la realidad, tendrían que ser miles de millones de satélites.

[sf]

"Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people..."
Revelation 14:6

[pickuo]

When I die I can`t go to heaven, because the satelites are in my way....

[rustic]

Они так малы что в пример 3000 автомобилей не заметны на Земле, спутники как блохи на слоне😊

[karlbartz]

Soon we have Quadrillions of Satellite Flakes and eternal Winter with minus 50 celsius under the eternal Satellite fog.