Shell · 500 km · Starlink Gen1 lower

Debris density in the 500 km shell.

Name: Debris density — 500 km shell
Creator: Ephem
License: https://ephem.pages.dev/terms

Densest LEO congestion band as of 2026 — Starlink Gen1 primary shell alongside legacy Earth-observation birds.

§1 Notable objects at this altitude

Starlink shell 1
Sentinel-2A/B

§2 Last measured density

No live measurement available (the nightly propagator has not run yet, or the API is unreachable from this build). The API endpoint below will populate on the first successful run.

§3 Live endpoint

GET · https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/shell/density/500

curl -s https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/shell/density/500 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ek_live_..."

Refreshed nightly. Envelope includes every 5° latitude × 10° longitude bin with at least one object.