Click to Enlarge
Michael Paukner has uploaded a beautiful infographic showing all of the stuff circling our little blue planet, and sorting it by the originating country.
What’s up there? How many countries have stuck satellites up into space, how many of those satellites are working, part-working or just bits of junk? This graphic may help to enlighten you.
The colors indicates if the object is a functional satellite, dysfunctional satellite, or simply space debris (over 10cm diameter). The two biggest ones are, of course, the US and Russia.
