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https://github.com/irshadbaiwa/iss-tracker

https://youtu.be/rP02uIHIOF0

We worked on 'Track the space station in 3D' challenge. The project is an open source web application built using resources and libraries maintained by NASA. First, we were able to draw the 3D visualization of earth using NASA's 'World Window' javascript library. We then added layers that show the stars, night and day sides, and a layer that shows the current co-ordinates of the location in view.

After that, we obtained the two-line element set data of the international space station from NASA's API resources, we then computed the position (latitude, longitude and altitude) of the space station from this data using satellite.js Javascript module. Then we added a layer showing a model of the space station in it's current position in space. To ensure that the position is near-accurate at all times, we re-fetch the tle data and recompute the position after every 3 seconds.

The code base and web application are all published and accessible to all. This could be used by anyone to develop numerous tracking and visualization services.

• NASA World Window
• NASA 3D models
• NASA TLE API

We had a great time brainstorming ideas and trying out multiple ways to tackle this challenge. We learnt a lot in such a short period of time and in a fun and exciting way! Thank you NASA and all organisations involved in creating this hackathon. We would love to do this again! :)

• NASA World Window
• satellite.js
• NASA 3D models
• NASA TLE API
• Github (code base publishing)
• Github pages (web app hosting)
• Adobe premier (demo video editing)

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