(Python)
[x] sgp4 1.4 to analyze orbits, positions/velocities
[x] space-track.org's API to get data, easy to parse based on object-type (DEBRIS)
[] can also extract metadata (mission, country of origin, year) for annotation purposes
[] translate GPS of current location to position (XYZ)
[] filter the original list of debris to get the nearby debris only (use python's filter()
or map()
)
[] (idea) filter for points that fall into the same octant
(Javascript, WebGL) [] WebGL for rendering (doing 3D->2D projection) [] display as a circle oriented on compass directions [] dynamic: update every second to illustrate updated positon maybe? [] background: space lol [] ability to click on each one to generate metadata table [] annotation option ; bring up captions for each object containing name (maybe also year)