Monday, February 1, 2010

The Earth's Satellites, Visualized By Nation


Hvem sagde spøgelsessatellitter?
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Satellites make the world go round ...
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As data visualization has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good ones. Here he shows the satellites orbiting our planet.

Russia, as you might expect, has a whole lot of satellites that are no longer functioning. China is responsible for a surprisingly large amount of tiny space trash, though I'm not exactly clear on what that is. America, of course, is responsible for the largest amount of space trash. [...]


Read more: http://gizmodo.com/5460493/the-earths-satellites-visualized-by-nation

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