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Satellite Collision Debris Tracking in the Google Earth Plug-in

February 23rd, 2009

Following on from my visualization of the satellite collision over Siberia on February 10th involving Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251, here’s an Google Earth browser plugin based tracker for the debris from the crash.
Full screen version here: http://barnabu.co.uk/geapi/debris
The application loads up to date Norad orbital elements on start up, and propogates the orbits of [...]

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Space Crash, Update

February 12th, 2009

Because you can never have too many ways to see the same thing. This is a browser based version of my satellite visualization from ealier today. Showing the February 10th coming together of US and Russian communication satellites, Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 over Siberia
Same idea as before, plots the locations of the [...]

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When two satellites collide, in Google Earth

February 12th, 2009

This is a quick Google Earth timeline animation of the recent satellite collision between the Russian Cosmos 2251 and the US iridium 33.
Update 2009-02-14: Two ways to view this now.
- A Google Earth browser plug-in version
- Or the original KML file for regular Google Earth below
Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 Collide
Use the time [...]

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Visualizing Twitter Activity Inside the Google Earth Plugin

February 9th, 2009

Here’s a browser based version of the (Feb 2009) UK Snowstorm Twitter activity, animated inside the Google Earth Plugin.
This mashes up 3800 Tweets over the course of a week. Users posting their location and the amount of snowfall they were seeing on a scale of 0 to 10. You can see [...]

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Google Earth 5, World Time Zone Clock - Javascript and KML

February 5th, 2009

Here’s a KML and Javascript(!) hack for the new Google Earth 5.
It overlays a time zone map and allows you to click anywhere on the globe to see a running clock with the current time for that location.
Grab the KML file here:
World Clock
This uses normal KML to display a balloon when a polygon is [...]

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