OOW-OrbitView

Dubai | Track the Space Station in 3D

Awards & Nominations

OOW-OrbitView has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!

Global Nominee

OrbitView

High-Level Project Summary

Many ISS trackers which are available on the web lack some features and capabilities. For example, some are 2D and do not provide 3D depictions. and the trackers which do provide 3D depictions just display the ISS as a dot on a 3D globe. also they require installation and are not readily accessible via a web browser. Hence, this is why we created OrbitView. an informative, open-source web application that tracks the space station and fully depicts the Earth, the space station orbit, and the Station itself in 3D. Our app provides interactive, 3D visualizations of ISS as well as information about the ISS such its latitude, longitude, velocity and Altitude.

Link to Final Project

www.orbitview.co

Link to Project "Demo"

https://link.hishaamabdul.com/video/379obo9

Detailed Project Description


Project Overview:


Our project is called OrbitView, A web application that has many features and information on tracking the ISS in 3D


What Exactly does it Do?


OrbitView brings information and the location of the ISS to the people in an organized and clean manner. Using Data from NASA, provides interactive, 3D visualizations of ISS as well as information about the ISS such its latitude, longitude, velocity and Altitude.



How does it work?


OrbitView is the application within the website orbitview.co . The website itself contains information about our application. In the beginning or at the end of the website, we can see a 'Track Now' Button. When clicked it will direct you to a 3D Viewer where you can view of the ISS in real time. This shows the ISS in 3D in space and you are able to view around the ISS by clicking and dragging. Its like turning a globe with a mouse but instead it is the ISS.



You can observe above the button 'View More Information'. When clicked it will direct you to a map of the Earth and it pinpoints the location of the ISS with an ISS icon. We can also see extra information on the ISS on the bottom right of the screen such as latitude, longitude, velocity, and more.


What Benefits does it have?


OrbitView is feature-rich. It has 3D Visualisations for better viewing and understanding. It has extra information about the ISS which people would want to know. It is a web-based application meaning people can access OrbitView through web browser on any device. It's code is open sourced meaning people can view the source code of the website and improve on it.


What do you hope to achieve?


We hope in the future OrbitView will be used as an educational tool to enlighten the minds of people who are interested in space. We'd like the world to have access to this data so that they can see and learn about the ISS. We would also like to continue to expand on what the webapp can do, Adding more features and interactable options.


What tools, coding languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop your project?


Coding Language


  1. Javascript
  2. HTML
  3. CSS
  4. PHP


Softwares


  1. Webstorm
  2. Visual Studio Code
  3. Blender

APIs


  1. Satellite.js
  2. Open Notify API
  3. TLE API



Source Code: https://github.com/orbitview22/orbitview

Space Agency Data

We used the data from NASA's ISS. We used information such as its real time location and other extra data. Thanks to NASA's DataBanks, we are able to input this information in OrbitView.


http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/ISS/SVPOST.html

Scrapes Real-Time Location of ISS (Open-Notify API)


https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/iss

3D Model of the ISS from (open.nasa.gov)

Hackathon Journey

We would describe our journey as a very joyful and educational experience. We learnt and bonded so much throughout this adventure. One of our teammates was a beginner to coding but he learnt a lot about it throughout this event. We chose the challenge 'Track the Space Station in 3D' because it reflected the best output at first glance in our heads. That does not mean it was an easy challenge. There were some setbacks along the course of the journey such as coding errors. We resolved them by working together and focusing on the project to remove any flaws found. We'd like to thank NASA for this wonderful opportunity brought to the young innovaters of this world. We'd also like to thank the local leads of dubai who brought the 2 day event in such a fun and informative way.

References

https://rbrundritt.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/conversion-between-spherical-and-cartesian-coordinates-systems/


CeleTrack: Satellite Date from NOAA


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered,_Earth-fixed_coordinate_system


https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/coordinates/satellites.html


https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/iss-c2


https://github.com/sgano/JSatTrak/tree/svn/trunk/data/models/isscomplete


https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Tools/orbitTutorial.htm#:~:text=The%20station%20travels%20from%20west,darkness%20and%20part%20under%20daylight.

Tags

#ISS #space #3d #2d #web #code #technology #dubai #younginnovators #browser #orbitview #spacestation #software

Track the Space Station in 3D

Applications that track the International Space Station are easy to find online, but their features and capabilities vary. Your challenge is to build and publish an open-source web application that tracks the space station in three dimensions.