Inspiration
Stargazing
What it does
Simulates the orbit of satellites.
How I built it
I used a couple references(cited in README.md) as well as my own code to put the app together. First my app makes a request to a TLE API which gives an assortment of the most recent coordinate and physics data for each satellite. Satellite.js then takes care of calculating an estimated position of every satellite at the current time. Taking this a step further, we can simulate the orbit of our satellites by calculating the approximate position of each satellite every 10 seconds. These changes in position are then animated by CesiumJS.
Challenges I ran into
Animating the satellites.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Despite only having 24 hours during which I also worked a shift at my job, I completed my project.
What I learned
How to use JavaScript libraries.
What's next for Satellyte
Addition of visual orbit paths, and deployment.
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