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Orbital Intelligence

Satellite Tracking

Track satellite constellations with real CelesTrak TLE data, SGP4 orbital propagation, and ECEF coordinate streaming.

1,000+ satellites
SGP4 propagation
48 B packet
TLE data source
Live

Interactive Satellite Tracking Demo

Requires WebGPU — live visual mapping with mock telemetry

Run locally: cargo run --example satellite_tracking/main

What this demo shows

Altitude → Color Gradient

Green at 300km (LEO) through cyan to violet at 1000km for orbital altitude visualization.

Inclination Scaling

Higher inclination orbits render with larger markers for polar orbit visibility.

Velocity Trail Color

Trail intensity driven by orbital velocity — faster objects leave brighter trails.

Real CelesTrak Data

TLE data fetched from CelesTrak API, propagated via SGP4 to ECEF then lat/lon/alt.

ECEF Encoding

48-byte packets encode full orbital state: position, geodetic coords, velocity, inclination.

Mean Motion Opacity

Satellites with higher mean_motion (more revs/day) render at higher opacity.

Try Satellite Tracking with your own data

Deploy Tetrapus locally in under 5 minutes. Run this exact example with cargo run.