Starlink Mapper

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3D satellite plotting application with the ability to highlight specific satellites and display detailed information.

Installation Dependencies

npm install

Scripts Supported by npm

• start: Starts the Vite development server npm start or npm run dev.
• build: Builds the project for production npm run build.
• serve: Serves the built project for preview npm run serve.

Functions TODOs

3D Animation

• 3D satellite plotting (Current)

  • Highlight specific satellite (by click): highlight its detailed information.

• 3D Filter by time (launched / not at a past time)

Data Analysis

• Launch location on 2D by time [2D-time] e.g. https://celestrak.org/satcat/launchsites.php

• Stat char/graph animation by time

  numbers of launches, like: 人口图 [#launches in country - time]

  global number of active satellites [#all launches - time]

  number of satellites [#launches in types - time]

Websites for Reference

Examples / its Github repo

• https://www.starlinkmap.org/ 有点丑的
• https://github.com/Flowm/satvis
• https://spaceaware.io/

Others

• https://github.com/jeremysuh/3D-Satellite-Tracker
• https://github.com/andrewkihs/satellite-radio
• https://github.com/RuiZhang2Penn/Shinning

Data Souce

• https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/
• https://satdb.ethz.ch/ Processed 'celestrak' data APIs
• https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/tree/master/docs/starlink/v4 might be official data

The Earth texture

• https://planetpixelemporium.com/earth.html