![[OC] A Timelapse of Satellite Launches](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7qtazzcst2ag1-1024x576.png "[OC] A Timelapse of Satellite Launches")
A generative timelapse of satellite launches from 1957 to the present.
Full video ->Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7O2gigebQ
Launch and satellite data are sourced from the ESA DISCOS database.
For providing our services we are using information from ESA DISCOS (Database and Information System Characterising Objects in Space), a single-source reference for launch information, object registration details, launch vehicle descriptions, as well as spacecraft information for all trackable, unclassified objects. We acknowledge ESA's efforts to maintain and operate this database with its APIs.
https://discosweb.esoc.esa.int/
Map data is based on Natural Earth datasets.
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
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Source
– Launch and satellites data: [https://discosweb.esoc.esa.int/](https://discosweb.esoc.esa.int/)
– World map data: [https://www.naturalearthdata.com/](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/)
Tools
– Visualization: OpenGL and Kotlin
– Retrieving Data: Python