Project information

  • Categories: Satellite Visualization, Orbit Propagation (SGP4), Maps Rendering, Co-ordinate Geometry
  • Technologies: Cesium.js, NGINX, Javascript, Node
  • Project date: March, 2018
  • Project URL: https://saugatawale.com/satellite

Description

A Cesium.js project which displays the orbit of a satellite by using SGP4 propagation algorithm in a web browser. Detailed report here (Open the link in a new tab).
The co-ordinates for the satellite are generated via open source satellite.js javascript framework and then it is converted into CZML format which is one of the data input formats for Cesium.js. After that the satellites' orbit position is displayed with respect to time. The clock in this application can be forwarded and backwarded as well as it can be fastened and slowed to get a better grasp of the satellites' position in various timeline.