Starlink satellite tracker

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Core Libraries & Frameworks

TWGL.js - WebGL helper library (twgljs.org)

Flowbite - Tailwind CSS components (flowbite.com)

OpenResty - High-performance web platform based on Nginx and LuaJIT (openresty.org)

Fuse.js - Fuzzy search library (fusejs.io)

Orbital Mechanics & Satellite Data

Skyfield - Astronomical library by Brandon Rhodes for high-precision celestial calculations (rhodesmill.org/skyfield)

Data Sources

JPL Horizons - NASA ephemeris service for ground-truth testing and validation (JPL Horizons)

Gunter's Space Page - Constellation and spacecraft information (space.skyrocket.de)

Jonathan McDowell (planet4589) - JCAT data and comprehensive space tracking (planet4589.org)

Geographic & Map Data

Google My Maps KML Data - Comprehensive Starlink ground station locations and information (Google Maps)

Radar.com - Geocoding services (radar.com)

Mapbox - Elevation and topography data (mapbox.com)

Visual Assets & Textures

NASA Blue Marble - Earth day/night textures from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Deep Star Maps 2020 - High-resolution star field (1.7 billion stars from Gaia DR2)

Franky Hung (Arkon Digital) - Globe rendering insights and techniques (Medium article)

SVGRepo - UI icons and graphics (svgrepo.com)

Scientific Computing & Analysis

Julia - High-performance scientific computing language (julialang.org)

Go - Performance analysis and benchmarking tools (golang.org)

Rust - Systems programming for network testing servers (rust-lang.org)

Julia Satellite Toolbox - High-precision orbital mechanics and satellite analysis (juliaspace.github.io)

Special Acknowledgments

NASA - Earth imagery, star maps, and space science data

Open Source Community - All maintainers and contributors

WebGL & 3D Graphics Community - Documentation and examples

License Information

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