thanks!

You can enable markers for spacecrafts, their position will be more visible. And enable orbits for spacecrafts as well. You have to enable orbits or markers from the filters toolbar to the right. You have to be sure that "Orbits" and "Markers" for "spacecraft" are selected in Settings > Filter objects tab.

also how do you see the paths like in the thumbnails

visibility*

is there a way to increase viability from the earth?

ok

Subscribe to this, plus subscribe to one of the other linked addons on the description up here, and that's it. You'll find some satellites around Earth.

how do you use this

I would consider the task of making Mars orbiting probes, but since I'm kind of crazy I would need to code a python program to convert NASA's Horizon ephemerids database to SpaceEngine scripts, in order to update the orbits let's say once a week.
That could actually be fun, but don't expect me to start soon :-)

could you try doing other probes for other planetw

amazing work

Thanks Mosfet, yeah didn't notice most of them are currently no longer orbiting.
I'm trying to do Mars artificial satellites, made a post here : http://forum.spaceengine.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=688
Took data from nasa horizons
Once again, thanks for the satellite addons it gives lot of life to SpaceEngine

What I did is to convert celestrak.com data from two-line element format ( https://celestrak.com/NORAD/documentation/tle-fmt.php ) in keplerian elements used by SE scripts ( http://spaceengine.org/manual/making-addons/creating-a-planet/ ), via python program.
I don't think I can use the same approach with those tables, many of those objects are currently not orbiting anymore :) but some of them can be useful or interesting if added in SE.

Here is a table of over 1000 artificial objects outside earth orbit : https://www.planet4589.org/space/deepcat/index.html
Is it possible to create an addon for that too?
Can you say how you did this addon, I will try to do for above 1000 objects?

wow wow wow wow

NIce, contact me when its done

Sure, I'll make them also available as spacecrafts, when have some time.

is it possible to just have the sattelites as spacecraft and not in thier designated orbits (e.g. just spawn and control them like other spacecraft)

good

You're right, apparently it's the new auto exposure mode. The Earth is bigger on screen than the satellite and the algorithm seems to be tricked by it.

That is a GREAT Add-On! Thank You! Only one minor issue I encountered: when you view any satellite in AUTO exposure mode, it looks completely black (its 3d models mesh textures) from certain angles (especially when object is in between camera view and earth). That is with the latest beta. But htis is probably not the addons fault but maybe engine limitation (?)..