Together, we depart on a journey around earth‘s orbit. We discover how mankind began to explore space and learn how many everyday applications satellites have today. But what happens to the satellites when they stop working properly? The answer is as simple as it is problematic: they remain in their orbit.

These useless satellites — i.e. defective or technically obsolete ones — are an alarming sight. Over the years, several thousand of these have accumulated, along with fragments or debris from collisions, burned-out rocket stages, empty fuel tanks and other junk left behind during space missions. They form a belt of debris around earth, making space travel increasingly hazardous.

By integrating live data into our projection, you can see how many objects are actually buzzing over our heads at any given time. You can not only witness this as a viewer, but experience it for yourself: the cluttered orbit makes it increasingly difficult to steer your own spaceship and avoid collisions in the process.