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Tools, sites and references for satellite connectivity
A curated collection of tools, websites, reports and videos to help you navigate the LEO satellite ecosystem.
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CelesTrak: orbital element sets for Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper and every constellation
CelesTrak, run by Dr. T.S. Kelso, publishes the general perturbation element sets (TLE, OMM, JSON, CSV) for every tracked satellite, grouped by constellation: Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper, Iridium NEXT, Globalstar and more, plus operator-supplied supplemental data. Free, updated continuously.
Project Kuiper (now Amazon Leo): Amazon's 2021 case for satellite broadband
Amazon's own 8-minute film (December 2021, 171,000 views) on why it is building a LEO constellation: residents and small businesses in Cle Elum, Washington, describe life without broadband, and the Project Kuiper team explains the plan. Five years on, Kuiper is Amazon Leo, with 398 satellites launched and an enterprise beta.
Starlink vs Amazon Kuiper vs OneWeb: the 2020 comparison (Found And Explained)
An 8-minute 2020 explainer comparing the three LEO broadband projects as they were planned: Starlink, Amazon's Kuiper and OneWeb, then in bankruptcy. Useful as a time capsule; we score the predictions against the 2026 reality: 11,000+ Starlink satellites working, 398 Amazon Leo launched, OneWeb at 600+ under Eutelsat.
Hypatia: LEO satellite network simulation framework (ETH Zurich)
Hypatia is the reference open-source framework for simulating LEO networks: it generates a constellation and its routing over time (satgenpy), runs packet-level ns-3 simulations (ns3-sat-sim) and renders Cesium visualisations. From the IMC 2020 paper; 518 GitHub stars, last update May 2024.