High-Level Project Summary
The goal of the project is to display the current position of the ISS in 3D space. Our project is important both for students and schoolchildren studying astronomy, and for scientists who need to know the current position of the ISS.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
We have developed a 3D tracker of the current position of the ISS. The position is calculated using the SGP4 model. We have an advantage in optimization, and also allow the user to observe from the ISS cameras. You can observe the ISS not only in 3D space but also in 2D. The project is written on the NodeJs platform using three.js, satellite.js, and google maps.
Space Agency Data
https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ocssw/structSGP4.html
Hackathon Journey
During the development of this project, we learned a lot of new things, both in the field of programming and in the field of 3D modeling. We learned how the tracking of artificial satellites in orbits up to 5867 km works. We learned what the SGP4 model is and how it works.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_perturbations_models
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-line_element_set
http://celestrak.org/columns/
Tags
#ISS, #tracking, #space, #earth, #3d