ORBITER
Advanced satellite data visualization.
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The Earth is scanned daily by sophisticated satellites.

Orbiter shows you our planet as you've never seen it.

Earth, unfiltered

Raw photos from space

10 meter / pixel resolution

See recent satellite photos

Compare different times

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Satellite image
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The Earth lives.

Earth’s processes unfold

Satellite scans become visual

Watch sea ice melt and freeze

See vegetation change

Visualize air pollution

See ocean currents

Sensor Scan

18 different data views

Pollution monitoring

Ocean temperature and ice

Vegetation

Atmospheric scans

Weather scans and more

aerosol
Aerosol
clouds
Clouds
dewpoint
Dewpoint
sea ice
Sea ice
nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
water vapor
Water vapor
formaldehyde
Formaldehyde
land surface temperature
Land surface temperature
planet skin temperature
Planet skin temperature
snow
Snow depth
solar radiation
Solar radiation
carbon monoxide
Carbon Monoxide pollution
soil wetness
Soil wetness
sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperature
air temperature
Air temperature
vegetation
Vegetation
ozone
Ozone
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Orbiter Planetary Intelligence Engine is the brain behind Orbiter. This new server-side processing system allows for fast visualization and summary of Earth data. Pulling data straight from source space agencies, our distributed processing servers work on analyzing, extracting, reformatting, compressing and otherwise ingesting petabytes of raw data from Earth-orbiting spacecraft.

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Make your own discoveries

The U.S. and E.U. have spent billions capturing and recording data on planet Earth, but until now this data has been mostly confined to academic and professional researchers. Orbiter takes this wealth of data and puts it in your hand. Literally.

Orbiter’s fast and engrossing interface encourages discovery. Compare different times, and contrast human activity trends with visible earth data.

Lake Oahe farmland, SD, U.S.

June 12, 2020
August 17, 2020

O’Hare Airport, Chicago, U.S.

July 2017
April 2020
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