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Shells

Shell = the launch group's nominal inclination (Wikipedia) with the median altitude of its operational satellites right now (see cross-check below for why the printed altitude isn't used). Groups whose satellites are still raising have no shell yet and appear under "no manifest shell". Planes are detected from the live orbit normals; "ring links inside one detected plane" says how often the ISL ring model's fore/aft partner falls in the same detected plane — the honesty check of the ring algorithm.

Shell sections below: the phase matrix is open by default; the RAAN histogram and the per-plane tables are folded — click to expand. Use the chips at the top to jump.

Cross-check: launch manifest vs live orbits

Sources: Wikipedia — List of Starlink and Starshield launches (group, version, COSPAR ID, nominal orbit) · Jonathan McDowell — Starlink index (per-satellite group and designator, CC-BY) · orbits: CelesTrak TLEs via constellationsim.com. McDowell's own inferred plane maps: planet4589.org/…/planes.html.