README.md

Solution for NASA's Track the Space Station in 3D challenge.

Getting started

npm install
npm start

To-do

• Render ISS in current position
• Render ISS predicted orbit
• Correct sun position (currently based on UTC time alone)
• Correct ISS position (currently assuming Earth is a perfect sphere)
• Add starry background

---

• Connection availability (based on reachable ground stations)
• ISS position across time
• Overhead pass prediction (given a location)
• Space debris alerts
• Solar panel orientation

---

• Add open source, permissive license
• Add credit to all resources used
• Publish as web application (GitHub pages?)
• Formally register to challenge and submit project

Credits

JavaScript libraries

• three.js by Ricardo Cabello et al., used as an abstraction layer over WebGL
• tle.js by David Calhoun, used for predicting the ISS' orbit

HTTP APIs

• TLE API by NASA, used to obtain up-to-date two-line element sets of the ISS

Assets

• ISS 3D model by NASA
• Earth 3D model by NASA
• Sun 3D model by NASA
• Milky Way panorama by European Southern Observatory (ESO)