Our App:

http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/b/6huj

Resources:

NASA´s orbits data:

https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/data_orbits.html

https://sscweb.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/#Get_Observatories

*This data was used to compare our geo location with the satellite´s and determine proximity.

NASA´s 3d models:

https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

*3D models for in-app display

Other resources:

https://capital.pe/mundo/que-paises-cuentan-con-ma...

https://psicologiaymente.com/reflexiones/frases-ca...

https://nasasearch.nasa.gov/search?query=satelite&...

http://kio4.com/appinventor/5sensores.htm

https://vladmihalcea.com/a-beginners-guide-to-java...

Pitch (Draft):

Carl Sagan once said: “Somewhere, out there, something incredible is waiting to be discovered”

This may not be incredible to you, but it will be something amazing for the one who ´s looking. Why don´t we help people discover new horizons? Since the fifty’s humankind has thrown little metal objects to space, called satellites. But what is a satellite?

A satellite is an object intentionally put into orbit to help us improve our technology, our way of living in many ways, like telecommunications. Humans have put in orbit more than 8 thousand satellites, most of them by America, china, Russia, France and japan. Despite being created for wartime purposes, satellites are vital for our everyday way of living.

Now, imagine that a curious being in Greenland wants to know more about NASA´s satellites, how is he going to get information about them?

Well, thanks to block programming and all MIT´s “APP inventor” we creted an app with which you can communicate with any NASA satellite in INSERTE RANGO DE COMUNICACION kilometers of your current location. How did we achieve this? By comparing latitude and longitude between the user and any satellite, data obtained by the GPS of your phone and NASA´s Api database.

Explain the app.

There’s a wide range of information you can obtain with our app, including astronomy, meteorology, glocalization and telecommunication data. This give us detailed, precise, and most importantly, real time data.

At the end of the day, this is a win-win situation. Both NASA and our little friend from Greenland can download and enjoy the wonders that our satellites data provided us while flying over our heads.