Devlog 2

I’m back to working on this project again, sorry for the delay in development. In this devlog I have added live tracking of the ISS to the globe by fetching the TLE data (which in simple terms is a multi line file that gives mathematical data relating to a satellites position, rotation, motion, and other relevant properties).

Thankfully I did not have to deal with most of that vector math and delegated it to the satellite.js library which gave the essential positions like latitude, longitude, and height.

Another great thing about TLE data is that it is fairly accurate for a while and can easily show live position updates by passing in the current time every second.

Anyways, I’ll end the rambling here with a picture of the the ISS on the globe (Side note: I did not realize just how fast the ISS is, it apparently travels 28000 km/h and it is very noticable over a few minutes).