{"id": 1014839, "name": "Payloads and rocket bodies in space, by orbit", "unit": "objects", "createdAt": "2025-03-07T11:15:33.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-03-07T11:15:33.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1958-2024", "datasetId": 6983, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "n_objects", "catalogPath": "grapher/space/2025-03-04/non_debris_objects_by_orbit/non_debris_objects_by_orbit#n_objects", "descriptionShort": "Debris from launches or collisions is not counted. Objects are subtracted from the time series after they have reentered the Earth's atmosphere.", "licenses": "[{\"url\": \"https://www.space-track.org/documentation#/odr\", \"name\": \"USSPACECOM Basic SSA Data, redistribution allowed with attribution\"}]", "type": "int", "grapherConfigIdETL": "01957051-5476-734a-94e8-4b3480fe2f95", "datasetName": "Number of non-debris objects in space by orbit", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-03-04", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "objects", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Space Exploration & Satellites"]}, "descriptionKey": ["[Low Earth orbit](#dod:low_earth_orbit) is defined here by a closest approach to Earth below 2,000 kilometers.", "[Medium Earth orbit](#dod:medium_earth_orbit) is between 2,000 and 35,586 kilometers.", "[Geostationary orbit](#dod:geostationary_orbit) is between 35,586 and 35,986 kilometers.", "[High Earth orbit](#dod:high_earth_orbit) is above 35,986 kilometers."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1963}, {"id": 1964}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1967}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1971}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 1958}, {"id": 1959}, {"id": 1960}, {"id": 1961}, {"id": 1962}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 298675, "name": "Geostationary orbit", "code": null}, {"id": 298676, "name": "High Earth orbit", "code": null}, {"id": 298673, "name": "Low Earth orbit", "code": null}, {"id": 298674, "name": "Medium Earth orbit", "code": null}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 3030, "title": "Number of objects in space", "description": "This dataset is extracted from Space-Track.org, a website maintained by the 18th Space Defense Squadron of the United States Space Force.\n\nThe original data includes information on thousands of space objects tracked over time, including their launch date and decay date (if they have reentered the Earth's atmosphere).", "producer": "United States Space Force", "citationFull": "United States Space Force - Number of objects in space (2025). 18th Space Defense Squadron.", "urlMain": "https://www.space-track.org/", "dateAccessed": "2025-04-03", "datePublished": "2025-04-03"}]}