AD ASTRA

AD ASTRA makes Earth’s invisible orbital traffic visible. Explore a cinematic 3D simulation of 26,127 catalogued objects, with positions calculated from real CelesTrak orbital elements. Isolate debris from historic fragmentation events, select individual objects, and move through six hours of orbital motion. The experience goes beyond displaying dots: it screens 26 named satellites against the debris catalog and lets you replay modeled close approaches with a tracking camera, trajectories, relative speed, and separation. One example follows Sentinel-2B passing a fragment at a modeled 3.1 km separation and 14.83 km/s relative speed. Built as an interactive orbital explorer, it makes a difficult spatial problem tangible while clearly distinguishing modeled proximity from an operational collision prediction.