Project Details

The Challenge | Set Your Sights High!

NASA builds and operates numerous satellite and airborne missions that deliver critical measurements and data to the world’s science community. Your challenge is to develop a tool that enables people to identify NASA satellites and satellite instruments as they fly over their locations on Earth. Help people explore the data and applications coming from the instruments overhead!

Sat-Go

Sat-Go is a location-based Augmented Reality (AR) game focused around the collection of satellite parts and learning about the formed satellite's characteristics and its orbital track in real time.

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Introduction

May it be daytime or nighttime, if you would look up to the sky, there is a good chance that you would be able to see the moon. Our moon orbits around our Earth on a specific orbital path, making it the Earth's natural satellite. As you look at the moon, have you ever wondered: is it only the moon that orbits around the Earth? Does the moon cycle through its life in space alone?

Much like the moon, humans have long since been crafting and launching objects into space, following their own orbital paths. Today, there are thousands of satellites flying all around the Earth, each of which transmits different sets of data to different places.

Problem

Most people, like you and I, who don't work in space agencies, or learn about space technology, do not know much about these man-made satellites. We would offer wonder: What do the satellites do? Why are there so many of them? Where are they? Do they orbit the Earth endlessly too?

Solution

We want to bring a fun and interactive learning experience about the man-made satellites to the people through the use of our app. This can be accessed easily by them on their smartphones: a handy satellite tracker tool in everyone's pocket! The game allows you to play with satellite building, look at satellite data and information, and browse the skies to see the satellites around the Earth. Through this, we hope that these man-made satellites will be marvelously appreciated as much as our moon.

Features of Sat-Go🛰️

  • You can assemble satellites!
  • Satellites' models are accurately depicted
  • Satellite paths can be tracked in real time
  • Satellite data from NASA can be viewed

The development of the world largely relies on the knowledge of the people and its good use. A widespread understanding of satellites further pushes humanity's curiosity for brand new heights in technology, thus furthering developments in other aspects that help humanity as well.

    Future Developments

    With NASA's intent on launching new satellites, this opens an opportunity to expand our app in order to accommodate the brand new information that will be provided by these satellites. Our app could serve as a timeless medium for people to understand and learn about these newly launched satellites and what they can offer to us as human beings. Likewise, in the periods between these launches, further improvements towards our app would be the addition of further information on current satellites, the addition of missing satellites, and additional features such as real-time notification alerts about the satellites and integration of a better functioning AR system.

    we hope the world progresses as we play to learn and learn to play.



    Resources Used from NASA:

    Tools Used:

    • Unity 3D
    • Blender
    • ARCore

    Members:

    • Paye, Neil Andrie P.
    • Araniego, Carlos Gabriel Y.
    • Guillano, Franco Victor P.
    • Uy, Mikhaila B.
    • Dapitan, Kyle Angelo I.