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2026-10-20 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-10-20

Upglass points your phone at the whole sky

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Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A phone-based sky-identification app that labels nearby aircraft and drones, satellites and debris, planets, and deep-space probes.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-20 issue.
For
People identifying objects in the night sky
Worth noticing
The page lists 2,679 tracked debris fragments from the Fengyun-1C destruction and other orbital breakups.

Field notes

The described cards combine object identity with operational details: aircraft cards include callsign and aircraft type, while the ISS card is presented with crew and upcoming visible passes. The homepage names data sources including CelesTrak, adsb.lol, SondeHub, and JPL Horizons. Some features, including weather-balloon tracking, are explicitly labeled as coming in version 1.1.

Observed signals

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-10-20. The live site may have changed.