/satvis

Satellite orbit visualization and pass prediction with Cesium.js

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

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Satellite orbit visualization and pass prediction.

Note

The next branch contains many improvements from a bigger refactoring and is the recommended branch currently. This version is currently deployed to https://satvis.space/next. Planning to merge this back to the master main in the next few months.

Screenshot

Features

  • Calculate position and orbit of satellites from TLE
  • Set groundstation through geolocation or pick on map
  • Calculate passes for a set groundstation
  • Local browser notifications for passes
  • Serverless architecture
  • Works offline as Progressive Web App (PWA)

Built With

Development

Setup

Initialize submodules and install npm build dependencies:

git submodule update --init
npm clean-install

Run

  • npm run start for the dev server
  • npm run build to build the application (output in dist folder)
  • npm run serve to build the application and serve with static webserver
  • npm run update-tle to retrieve the latest satellite TLEs from NORAD

iOS App

To provide pass notifications on iOS where local browser notifications are not supported a simple app wraps the webview and handles the scheduling of UserNotifications.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

Inspired by a visualization developed for the MOVE-II CubeSat project by Jonathan, Marco and Flo.