objects that re-entered Earth's atmosphere · 1970–2023
UNOOSA / space-track
📡 Why this dataset? It’s a real, sobering chronicle of human presence in orbit: every dot is a satellite or rocket body that fell back to Earth.
The pattern reveals launch frenzies, solar cycle effects, and the sudden rise of mega-constellations. I chose it because space debris is a quiet, invisible story written in fireballs.