In this repository we are attempting to make a functional and extendable groundstation control panel for the operators of the Ex-Alta 2 satellite. This is a Flask web app. It uses a REST API for the back-end application logic (Python), paired with a React MaterialUI interface on the front-end (JavaScript). Also included in this repository is a satellite simulator python module used to simulate the interaction between our app and a real cubesat. A communications module, comm.py, intermediates this exchange. Finally, the automation module, automation.py, and some scripts automate the sending of commands to the satellite.
How to install, run, and develop the project - Details installation, usage, and notes on important modules.
REST API documentation - This is documentation for the REST API (groundstation/backend_api) of this Flask app. Within are examples of requests that you can make and what responses to expect.
Python source code documentation - These docs are automatically generated from the comments in the Python source code. It lives in /docs. When you make changes to backend_api, update this documentation to match it using update_docs.sh. You can look at them in your browser if you serve them locally. (i.e. python3 -m http.server)
The project wiki - Running instructions for the satellite simulator and documentation for topics such as the comm.py module.
The documentation above is not guaranteed to be up-to-date or complete so it's recommended that you read the code.