WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has 413 satellites in space snooping for the government, checking on the weather and relaying the latest pop music, a new database says. That's more than the 382 the rest of the world has spinning above the Earth.

The inventory, developed by the Union of Concerned Scientists and released Wednesday, provides details on some of the Pentagon's most secret satellites, which may gather images in the dark or take high-resolution pictures from 12,000 miles away.

``Until now, the general public didn't have easy access to information about all active satellites,'' said Dr. Laura Grego, a Cambridge astrophysicist who was on a team that spent several years compiling information on the nearly 800 active satellites. ``No one owns space, so everyone has a right to know what's up there.''

Space.com

Something tells me this isn't going to go well with the DOD.

A year or so ago there was some discussion regarding satellite orbits and sites like Heavens Above were concerned to the point of having to shut down from being restricted of orbit data in the future. Sure hope this doesn't put a strain on them.

Here's the link to Union of Concerned Scientists' were you can download the data base of satellites.

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