satellites-above

This node module allows you to easily gather information about the GPS satellites which are currently visible from a given location on earth. Additional information about the satellites' relative elevation and azimuth are returned as well. Using JsPredict for smooth calculations.

How to install it?

npm install --save satellites-above

How to use it?

const SatellitesAbove = require('satellites-above');

let satellites = new SatellitesAbove();
satellites
.load({download: true})
.then(() => {
	let sats = satellites.above(52.520645, 13.409779);
	console.log(sats);
});

$> node example.js 
[+] Downloading TLE file..
[+] Loaded 31 GPS satellites
[+] Finding satellites above 52.520645, 13.409779
[ { pnr: '10',
    azimuth: 162.64770521748392,
    elevation: 39.92090170684154 },
  { pnr: '16',
    azimuth: 223.13576718986934,
    elevation: 58.74067393499978 },
  { pnr: '18',
    azimuth: 108.7719771229539,
    elevation: 53.685250648551936 },
  { pnr: '20',
    azimuth: 46.941697880412825,
    elevation: 21.617107809987786 },
  { pnr: '08',
    azimuth: 292.8757183035666,
    elevation: 24.704872916607023 } ]

Special thanks

• rosh93 for his work on JsPredict
• Tr4sHCr4fT for inspiring me with his python based gpsinfo :)