ROCKSPACE

https://youtu.be/rBzqudqaouo

https://github.com/hi-dil/debMap

What exactly does it do?

This application will maps the space trash in real time and show the location of the space trash on the globe. It can track the orbit path and the speed of the space trash. This application can also classify the distance between the space trash and the earth. If the distance between the space trash and earth are below 100km then the space trash will be classified as danger.

How does it work?

First and foremost, we gather all of the debris information and TLE data from Celestrak. Then the data will be converted into a json file so that our web application can visualize all of the debris on the globe. Based on the TLE data we can make some prediction on the space trash orbital track by using satellite.js library (sgp4/sdp4). Classification is based on the altitude of the debris in the TLE data.

What benefits does it have?

This application can make sure that the space exploration can happen without any accident. The astronaut can avoid the path that have a lot of space trash when doing exploration. This classification feature can predict whether the space trash will crash into the earth or not. This feature can prevent the accident where space trash will crash in a populated area.

What do you hope to achieve?

We hope that this application can provide a correct location of the space trash and classify all of the space trash in the celestrak catalogue. We also hope that this application can be used when the astronauts wants to perform space exploration. We also hope that this application will benefit the society in curbing the incident where space trash crash in a populated area.

What tools, coding languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop your project?

• JavaScript
• CSS
• HTML
• cesium.js
• satellite.js
• Visual studio code

4 minutes video

https://youtu.be/ShubBa0KUs4

Project Demo

Prototype Flow : https://www.figma.com/file/DAxqGEip5ojWfvnutux9Vn/DebMap---Space-Apps-Sarawak-2021?node-id=0%3A1

Prototype Layout : https://www.figma.com/file/DAxqGEip5ojWfvnutux9Vn/DebMap---Space-Apps-Sarawak-2021?node-id=0%3A1

Data used :

• https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/
• https://www.space-track.org/#catalog

We used the data from space-track.org and celestrak.com to learn how to use the TLE data and visualize it into our application. We extracted the TLE data from these website and convert it into a json file.

We learned a lot from Space Apps challenge, especially on the space tracking part. We also learned about what is TLE data, how to use, where to get the data, etc. We also learned a lot on how to use some libraries such as cesiumjs and satellitejs to create a virtual globe and track space items using TLE data. This is a once in a lifetime experience and hopefully Space Apps will continue to organize this event every upcoming year!

1. https://www.space-track.org/#catalog
2. https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/
3. https://cesium.com/platform/cesiumjs/
4. https://github.com/shashwatak/satellite-js
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0275106209001404 - orbital prediction

This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.