hmasum52 / satellight

This is an android app for NASA Space App Challenge 2020 under the category "Connect" and the sub category "Orbit sky"

Satellight

This app was made for NASA Space App Challenge 2020 under the category "Connect" and the sub category "Orbit sky". Here is our submission link: https://2020.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/connect/orbital-sky/teams/buet-zenith/project

Architecture: Model View View Model(MVVM)

API Called by: Retrofit

3d Globe: NASA World Wind API

Data Source: NASA SSC Restful Webservice, NASA TLE DATA of Satellite and Wikipedia for satellite information

Map View:

Gif Duration: 44 sec.

As people use google map(or other map) in their every day life, so this map view can help them to understand the location of the satellite easily.

[](/readme folder/gif/mapview android.gif.gif)

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First Person View:

Gif Duration: 26 sec.

This view is the most amazing among other views, using first person view, users will be able to see how the earth looks from satellites in real-time (present/past/future) considering the position and altitude of the satellites and the day-night condition of earth. And somewhere it gives the user an experience of sight seeing and space travelling.

[](/readme folder/gif/FPV.gif)]

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360 VR View From User Location:

Gif Duration: 57 sec.

A user can interact with those satellites in a mesmerizing VR experience, that is user can find a satellite around his location with a 360 view.

[](/readme folder/gif/vrView.gif)

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Details of Satellite :

Gif Duration: 22 sec.

Users can explore details, country name, use cases and all other related information of satellites very conveniently.

[](/readme folder/gif/details android.gif)

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Web View :

Gif Duration: 2 min 52 sec.

As some features was easy for us to implement in web, we made a web app and added all the features by a web view so that android user can access all the features from a single android app. Features are :

Map, Hybrid Map, Sky View from User Location

Night Sky View

3d Globe Model View

Social Feature

Time Travel(user can watch satellite in any time he/she wants)

[](/readme folder/gif/access web from android.gif)