/satvis

Satellite orbit visualization and pass prediction with Cesium.js

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

satvis.space

Satellite orbit visualization and pass prediction.

Screenshot

Features

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

Built With

Development

Setup

Initialize submodules and install npm build dependencies:

git submodule update --init
npm install

Run

  • npm run start-dev for the dev server
  • npm run build to build the application (output in dist folder)
  • npm run serve-prod to build the application and serve with static webserver

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.