TODO.md

TODO:

Backend:

(Python)

• sgp4 1.4 to analyze orbits, positions/velocities
• 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

Frontend:

(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)