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Public catalogOpen APIa source on every field<br>Every object in orbit, on the record.<br>Search 16,311 tracked objects, inspect the source behind every field, and pull the same records through a read-only API. CelesTrak orbit data, GCAT launch records, and Wikidata enrichment, fused into one cited catalog.<br>LookupSearch<br>Explore the catalogToday in orbitAPI docs
16,311<br>Tracked objects
15,809<br>Active payloads
Primary sources
Orbit regimes
#01Catalog by orbit regime<br>Where the catalog is crowded.<br>Counts run against the live table, not a static graphic. Low Earth orbit dominates because active mega-constellations live there.
Orbit distribution<br>Live table count / normalized band
UTC<br>LEO: 11,622 objects, 71.3% of catalogLEO11,62271.3%<br>SSO: 3,530 objects, 21.6% of catalogSSO3,53021.6%<br>GEO: 588 objects, 3.6% of catalogGEO5883.6%<br>VLEO: 345 objects, 2.1% of catalogVLEO3452.1%<br>MEO: 184 objects, 1.1% of catalogMEO1841.1%<br>HEO: 41 objects, 0.3% of catalogHEO410.3%
#02Provenance model<br>A register, not scraped trivia.<br>Claim<br>A source on every field<br>Operator, launch mass, orbit class, and status are stored as source claims with confidence levels. Unknown data stays unknown.
Fuse<br>Three catalogs, reconciled<br>CelesTrak orbital elements, GCAT launch records, and Wikidata metadata join on COSPAR and NORAD identifiers.
Open<br>Open data, open API<br>The compiled database is ODbL licensed. Developers can inspect records in the UI or query them through the same API.
API v1source claims included<br># fetch one object with source-backed fields<br>$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ow_..." \<br>https://www.orbitalwiki.com/api/v1/satellites/25544
"name": "ISS (ZARYA)",<br>"orbit_class": "LEO",<br>"claims": [{ "source": "WIKIDATA",<br>"confidence": "HIGH" }]
#03Saved orbital questions<br>Useful queries, ready to run.
All showcases →<br>CommercialRun →<br>Largest constellations, ranked<br>Starlink, OneWeb, and other constellations ordered by active member count.<br>OperatorsRun →<br>Operators by active count<br>Satellite operators ranked by the number of active objects tied to them.<br>ESA / EURun →<br>EU Earth observation<br>Active ESA and EU-funded Earth-observation satellites with orbit and operator detail.<br>AnomaliesRun →<br>Launched, never operational<br>Objects that reached orbit but were never recorded as operational.
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