ISS Tracker

A real-time 2D tracker for the International Space Station. The tracker displays the following data:

• The current position of the ISS.
• The satellite's trajectory since the session started.
• The satellite's footprint.
• Some additional statistics.
• An indication as to whether the satellite is visible, eclipsed or observable in daylight.

Based on Daniel Shiffman's Coding Train video example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxf0--uiX0I

Resources:

• ISS coordinates: https://wheretheiss.at/w/developer
• Map API: https://leafletjs.com/reference-1.5.0.html#polyline
• Map tiles: https://www.openstreetmap.org
• Earth shadow Leaflet plugin: https://unpkg.com/browse/@joergdietrich/[email protected]/
• ISS image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Space_Station.svg

Links

The website can be viewed via the following URL: https://carla-de-beer.github.io/ISS-tracker/

NOTE: The API is rate-limited, meaning that there are times when it can't respond due to too many requests. In this case, an error message is shown inside the tooltip.