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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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Jonathan McDowell's Starlink statistics: launched, in orbit, working, reentered
The independent ledger of the Starlink constellation, updated several times a day by astronomer Jonathan McDowell: 12,962 satellites launched, 11,154 in orbit, 11,139 working and 1,808 reentered or failed as of 21 September 2026, broken down by generation and by launch. The citation-grade source for constellation size.
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.
The FCC Spectrum Dashboard: who holds which frequencies (FCC video)
The FCC's own 2-minute introduction (2010, public domain) to its Spectrum Dashboard, the public tool that shows how bands between 225 MHz and 3.7 GHz are allocated, what they are used for and who holds licences where. Old, but the tool and the questions it answers are still current for anyone tracking direct-to-cell and mid-band spectrum.