satvis.space

Satellite orbit visualization and pass prediction.

Features

• Calculate position and orbit of satellites from TLE
• Set groundstation through geolocation or pick on map
• Calculate passes for a set groundstation
• Local browser notifications for passes
• Serverless architecture
• Works offline as Progressive Web App (PWA)

Built With

• CesiumJS
• Satellite.js
• Vue.js
• Workbox

Development

Setup

Initialize submodules and install npm build dependencies:

git submodule update --init
npm install

Run

• npm run start for the dev server
• npm run build to build the application (output in dist folder)
• npm run serve to build the application and serve with static webserver
• npm run update-tle to retrieve the latest satellite TLEs from NORAD

iOS App

To provide pass notifications on iOS where local browser notifications are not supported a simple app wraps the webview and handles the scheduling of UserNotifications.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

Inspired by a visualization developed for the MOVE-II CubeSat project by Jonathan, Marco and Flo.