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🛰️🚀A list of awesome space-related packages and resources maintained by The Orbital Index
https://github.com/orbitalindex/awesome-space

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  • Data

    • Earth

    • Astronomy Data

    • Data Directories

      • api.nasa.gov - NASA's API portal
      • Data.gov - NASA - The US Federal government's open data portal page for NASA data sets. If you search by Bureaus, Organizations, or Publishers, you'll find additional space-related data sets from NASA/GSFC, NOAA, the Space Science Technology Directorate, selected universities, and more.
      • data.nasa.gov - Continually growing catalog of publicly available NASA datasets, APIs, visualizations, and more
      • images.nasa.gov - Search NASA's informational image and video archive
      • MAST - A NASA-funded site that provides astronomical data archives focused on scientific data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-IR.
      • Small Satellite Information Search - NASA's federated search portal for small spacecraft parts, technologies and conference proceedings.

    • Extrasolar Planets

    • Launches

      • Launch Library 2 - A free to use API with rocket launches, astronauts, events, etc. that application developers can use. It is the successor of the original Launch Library and Space Launch Now APIs. As it is maintained by [The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com/), news and support are provided on their [Discord server](https://discord.gg/wxEGcWXbsD).
      • Space Launch Report - Website listing launchers and their specs as well as launch reports dating back decades
      • Unofficial SpaceX REST API - Open Source REST API for rocket, core, capsule, pad, and launch data
      • Space Launch Report - Website listing launchers and their specs as well as launch reports dating back decades

    • Solar System Data

      • Asterank - Asterank is a scientific and economic database of over 600,000 asteroids.
      • astorbDB - A database of orbital elements and observed physical properties (when available) for all known minor planets in the Solar System.
      • IAU Minor Planet Center - Clearing house for observations of asteroids and other smaller solar system bodies
      • NASA's Solar System Treks - Access surface elevation profiles, sun angles, 3D print files, and VR experiences in our solar system
      • Celestrak - Celestrak is the world's oldest source for orbital element sets (and related software and educational materials).
      • JPL's HORIZONS - Generate ephemerides for solar-system bodies
      • Space Physics Data Facility - Web-based services for survey and high resolution data and trajectories

    • Space News

      • Spaceflight News API - A free to use API with space-related news articles that application developers can use. As it is maintained by [The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com/), news and support are provided on their [Discord server](https://discord.gg/wxEGcWXbsD).

    • Data Wrangling Tools

      • orbital-cotwo-web - A data processing pipeline and web server that can dump [HDF5](https://earthdata.nasa.gov/esdis/eso/standards-and-references/hdf5) files from NASA's [Orbital Carbon Observatory 2](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco2/index.html) mission into an SQL database.
      • pyspaceweather - A Python wrapper for getting space weather data from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

  • Spacecraft

    • Spacecraft Software

      • UPSat - Open source satellite software and hardware
      • KubOS - An open-source flight software framework for satellites
      • LibreCube - Open source space and Earth exploration. Defining a generic architecture of system of systems that have standardized interfaces makes it possible to combine and reuse elements for various applications
      • Linux4Space - Open source Yocto based Linux distribution suitable for space applications
      • NanoSat MO Framework - A software framework for nanosatellites based on the latest CCSDS standards. Developed by ESA and used in OPS-SAT mission ([GitHub](https://github.com/esa/nanosat-mo-framework))
      • FossaSat-1 - Hardware designs and software for the FossaSat-1 Pocketqube satellite ([GitHub](https://github.com/Bambofy/FossaSat-1))

    • Full Satellites

      • Quetzal-1 - Quetzal-1 was a 1U CubeSat developed by an engineering team from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG). Quetzal-1 operated successfully in space for 211 days.

    • General Software

    • Ground Stations

      • FoxTelem - FoxTelem is used by a network of ground stations to retrieve the telemetry and experiment data from the Fox Satellites.
      • GRID - Commercial network of satellite groundstations with simple to use [Python SDK](https://github.com/5OKB/grid-python-sdk).
      • Open Satellite Project - Ongoing effort to develop open-source software for the receipt and decoding of satellite data using software-defined radio (SDR) hardware
      • Phase 4 Ground - Open source digital broadband satellite and terrestrial radio systems, part of Open Research Institute
      • SatNOGS - A global network of satellite ground stations, designed as an open source participatory project
      • TinyGS - Open network of ground stations to receive and operate LoRa satellites using cheap and versatile modules

    • Mission Control

      • COSMOS - Open source mission control and satellite test & development framework
      • Yamcs - Open source mission control framework (works also as backend for OpenMCT).

    • Mission Design

      • Delta V calculator for LEO/MEO/GEO injection
      • Flight Club - Orbital launch simulator and trajectory visualisation software
      • FreeFlyer - A software application for space mission design, analysis, and operations.
      • GMAT - The General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) is a space trajectory optimization and mission analysis system (NASA)
      • GO by ienai SPACE - A software tool which allows for general design and optimization of missions with electric propulsion systems.
      • NASA Ames Research Center Trajectory Browser - A tool to find spacecraft trajectories to planets and small-bodies
      • SPICE - Ephemerides library used by JPL for their missions. [SpiceyPy](https://github.com/AndrewAnnex/SpiceyPy) is a Python wrapper.
      • Systems Tool Kit (STK) - Simulate missions and create reports, graphs, and 3D animations (paid). From Analytical Graphics, Inc.

    • Simulation

      • 42 - Attitude and trajectory simulation of Spacecraft (NASA)
      • Basilisk - C/C++ astrodynamics and attitude control simulation (includes Python scripting).
      • LunCo - source full-cycle Lunar Colony & space operations sim tool for engineers and enthusiasts

    • Spacecraft Hardware

      • NASA Outgassing Db - A dataset of materials intended for spacecraft use from the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Stanford Research Institute, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
      • Oresat - An open source cubesat developed at Oregon Small Satellite Project.
      • PyCubed - An Open-Source, Radiation-Tested CubeSat Framework Programmable Entirely in Python.
      • Qubik - Open source software and hardware pocketqube satellite
      • Radiation Test Database - Radiation test results for many components.
      • SatSearch - Search engines for satellite parts and their datasheets
      • The AMSAT CubeSat Simulator Project - a low cost satellite emulator that runs on solar panels and batteries, transmits UHF radio telemetry, has a 3D printed frame, and can be extended by additional sensors and modules.
      • LFR transceiver - Little Free Radio (LFR) is an open source, command, telemetry, and data radio for cubesats.

    • Tracking & Orbit Determination

      • AstriaGraph - Open source data and visualization of all known objects in Earth’s orbit
      • Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE - Perl implementation of NORAD progation models
      • Gpredict - Open source, real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application.
      • KeepTrack - Open-source TypeScript and WebGl app for visualizing satellites, radars, telescopes, missiles, and breakups.
      • Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK) - Processes traditional and non-traditional measurements using a sequential filter & matched smoother to generate orbits with realistic covariance (paid). From Analytical Graphics, Inc.
      • Space-Track.org - Programmatic access to Two-Line Elements, Orbital Mean-Elements, satellite catalog information, space debris, and more.
      • Where the ISS at? - Real time tracking of the International Space Station, with email push notifications for upcoming passes and a REST API for integrations. Based on [Predict](https://github.com/shupp/Predict)

  • Astronomy

    • Astronomy APIs

      • AstroBin API - AstroBin is an image hosting website specifically targeted to astrophotographers. Its API offers a basic set of RESTful endpoints. Currently the API is read-only, and allows you to get data about images, and perform basic searches.
      • Open Astronomy Catalog API - The Open Astronomy Catalog API (OACAPI) offers a lightweight, simple way to access data available via the Open Astronomy Catalogs (e.g. the Open Supernova, Tidal Disruption, Kilonova, and Fast Stars Catalogs).
      • SpaceXDB-Api - [SpaceXDB](https://www.spacexdb.cf) is a website containing SpaceX launch information and telemetry.
      • astrometry.net - "If you have astronomical imaging of the sky with celestial coordinates you do not know—or do not trust—then Astrometry.net is for you. Input an image and we'll give you back astrometric calibration meta-data, plus lists of known objects falling inside the field of view."

    • Astronomy Software

      • 100,000 Stars - 100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood showing the location of 119,617 nearby stars.
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Cesium.js - An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps
      • Gaia Sky - Real-time, 3D, astronomy visualization software developed in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission. Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.
      • KStars - KStars is free, open source, cross-platform astronomy software. It provides many features, including a graphical simulation of the night sky, observing planner, a sky calendar tool, an FOV editor, and more.
      • LeoLabs Visualization - Low Earth Orbit Catalog Visualization.
      • Mars Now - This visualization shows the current location and communication activity of all operating landers, rovers and orbiters at Mars that transmit data to Earth via NASA’s Mars Relay Network.
      • Orb Viewer - Visualization of all the asteroids in the MPC database.
      • Orbit Simulator - A powerful numerical integration tool. "By performing n-body simulations, you can study the orbits of planets, moons, asteroids, or any object in the universe."
      • Orbiter 2016 - Open source spaceflight simulator with many addons for historical missions. [Installation Instructions.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Orbiter/comments/mx2mjz/guide_for_beginners_to_orbiter/)
      • Stellarium - Open source planetarium for your computer
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • VIRGO - An open-source Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy
      • ANISE - ANISE provides a toolkit and files for Attitude, Navigation, Instrument, Spacecraft, and Ephemeris data. It's a modern replacement of the NAIF SPICE toolkit.
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Harmony of the Spheres - Newtonian gravity and space simulator that runs in your browser
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)
      • Celestia - Free real-time 3D visualization of space. (See also [Celestia Motherlode](http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/) for many add-ons.)

    • SDKs & Software Development Tools

      • ASCL.net - A free online registry for source code of interest to astronomers and astrophysicists
      • astrometry.net - Code and an API for generating astrometric calibration meta-data
      • Skyfield - Skyfield computes positions for the stars, planets, and satellites in orbit around the Earth.
      • AstroKit - A web-based toolset for performing lightcurve photometry
      • Rebound - A multi-purpose N-body integrator
      • Spacekit.js - An open-source library for building interactive Javascript- and WebGL-based space visualizations.

  • Community

    • Learning Materials

      • NewSpace Startup Legal Guide - private partnerships in space, legal intricacies of launching payloads, space risk insurance, etc.
      • NITARP - NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, gets teachers & students involved in authentic astronomical research.
      • Resources and references on the topic of space exploration - StackExchange list of books, manuals, courses, and more.
      • RDFvocab - A collection of linked data ontologies (semantically linked representations) that describe astronomical and space engineering concepts. Can be used to link popular data sets like [DBPedia](https://wiki.dbpedia.org).
      • Space Jargon Cheatsheet - related terms and jargon

    • Space Hackathons and Challenges

      • ActInSpace - A hackathon about space app, every even year, launched by the french CNES.
      • Space Apps Challenge - NASA-led initiative organized in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub and SecondMuse.

    • Working Groups

      • Open Source Satellite - Ecosystem for sharing ideas and creating a "highly capable, flexible and affordable open source microsatellite platform." Founded by "a team of international space experts" dedicated to open source.
Programming Languages
Python 5 JavaScript 3 C 1 Rust 1
Categories
Astronomy 77 Data 52 Spacecraft 46 Community 8 License 3
Sub Categories
Astronomy Software 67 Earth 22 Tracking & Orbit Determination 10 Spacecraft Hardware 8 Mission Design 8 Solar System Data 7 Ground Stations 6 Data Directories 6 Spacecraft Software 6 SDKs & Software Development Tools 6 Astronomy Data 6 General Software 5 Learning Materials 5 Astronomy APIs 4 Launches 4 Extrasolar Planets 4 Simulation 3 Space Hackathons and Challenges 2 Mission Control 2 Data Wrangling Tools 2 Full Satellites 1 Space News 1 Working Groups 1
Keywords
space 4 astronomy 2 astrophysics 2 virgo 1 telescope 1 spectrometer 1 sdr 1 rfi-mitigation 1 rf 1 radio-telescope 1 radio-astronomy 1 radio 1 telemetry 1 spacexdb-api 1 spacex-api 1 spacex 1 space-weather 1 space-data 1 satellite-data 1 bureau-of-meteorology 1 space-game 1 open-source 1 visualization 1 symplectic-integrator 1 planetary-science 1 n-body 1 spice 1 rust 1 naif 1 ephemeris 1 attitude 1 api 1