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a standing total, not a daily count
Estimated, not measured
EarthNow's estimate for "Active Satellites in Orbit". This signal does not yet have a written explanation — the unit and the method below are what the site can state about it honestly.
This one does not tick. It is a standing total — how many there are, not how many were added today — so EarthNow shows the published figure as it stands and does no arithmetic on it. It changes only when the figure is revised to a newer edition.
value = the published total
A consequence worth knowing: it does not reset at midnight, and it only moves when the publisher does. It cannot tell you whether anything changed today.
Active payloads in orbit as of mid-2026, per ESA's Space Environment Report.
The figure is theirs, shown here as published. Cite them for it.
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