PYTHON [ ISS Tracker - Tracking the International Space Station ]

ISS Tracker - Tracking the International Space Station

ISS Tracker is a simple script written in python which uses bunch of APIs to collect real-time information related to the International Space Station.

Features

• Current ISS Location

• ISS Pass Times (upcoming ISS passes for Colombo, Sri Lanka)

• Number of People In Space

• ISS TLE data

• Google Map URL for ISS Current Location

• Velocity | Visibility | Altitude

• Automatically refresh data after every 60 seconds

• Small site with ISS tracing map.

How to Install and Run in Linux

[1] Enter the following command in the terminal to download it.

git clone https://github.com/Sameera-Madhushan/ISS-Tracker

[2] After downloading the program, enter the following command to navigate to the Digger directory and listing the contents

cd ISS-Tracker && ls

[3] Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

[4] Now run the script with following command.

python3 ISS-Tracker.py

How to Install and Run in Windows

[1] Download and run Python 2.7.x and Python 3.7 setup file from Python.org

• In Install Python 3.7, enable Add Python 3.6 to PATH

[2] Download and run Git setup file from Git-scm.com, choose Use Git from Windows Command Propmt.

[3] Afther that, Run Command Propmt and enter these commands:

git clone https://github.com/Sameera-Madhushan/ISS-Tracker cd ISS-Tracker pip3 install -r requirements.txt python3 ISS-Tracker.py

Screenshot

Used APIs

https://wheretheiss.at/w/developer

http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/