Visualization of all TruSat database objects

[johngribbin]

It would be nice to see a graphic visualization of the orbital positions of objects in TruSat database around Earth. This module should include some form of 3D visualization of Earth and orbiting satellites. A few points:

• The module itself does not need to be interactive.
• When the user scrolls down the page, the module container should shrink to take up less vertical screen space

Best-case:

• the visualization dynamically responds to the queries in the data below. If a user opts to just see undisclosed sats, then the visualization and the table filter the visible sats in tandem.

Backup cases:

• The module has fixed sets of orbits corresponding to the5 "main filters", updating when user switches between primary filters, but not when the user filters further via secondary filters.
• The module shows some fixed set of orbits (eg: 10 famous satellites) rather than dynamically responding to the list. It may work best to hide the module once a user begins filtering.
• Same as the option above, but as a fixed animation, presented as an artifact from a recent snapshot of orbits
• Some variant of the options above, done via an embed or iframe, in case that opens new opportunities. If that's not possible, but a relevant visualization exists elsewhere, we could link to it.

[interplanetarychris]

Also, it goes without saying that the interface should make use of the TruSat TLEs and TruSat user information.

[johngribbin]

Inspiration - http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/