Starlink Constellation Animation (December 2020)

This animation shows the build-out of the first Starlink shell, starting on 2019/11/17 up to 2020/12/29. The y-axis shows the anomaly past the ascending node (i.e. the position of the satellites in their plane), while the x-axis shows the longitude of the ascending node (i.e. the position of the planes). The data is plotted in the frame of reference of a satellite in operational orbit in order to correct for nodal precession. Satellites marked „non-operational“ include non-communicating and non-maneuverin