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I always wondered what the invisible layer above Earth would look like if we could see it clearly. Not just as launch headlines, satellite counts or technical diagrams, but as a living system: satellites moving around the planet, orbital paths constantly shifting, and space weather quietly changing the environment they travel through.
Understanding drag matters because low Earth orbit is not empty. There are still traces of atmosphere high above us, and when geomagnetic activity increases, that upper atmosphere can heat up and expand. Satellites then face more resistance, which can slow them down, reduce altitude, increase fuel use, shorten mission life and make collision avoidance harder.
This dashboard is my attempt to make that hidden relationship easier to see. Earth sits at the centre, Starlink-style satellites move through low Earth orbit, and the interface shows how atmospheric density, KP index and drag risk connect to the reliability of the systems we depend on from the ground.
Explore :
cafeco09.github.io/space_weather_…
Data sources used or suitable for integration: public @Starlink orbital element sets from CelesTrak/NORAD GP data, NOAA SWPC planetary K-index data for geomagnetic activity, and @NASA Blue Marble imagery for Earth visualisation.
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