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Interactive web tools on space physics, traffic, policy, and industry

Working web applications I built on radiation belt physics, satellite traffic, space architecture, wildfire risk, UN space documents, and the commercial space industry. Each opens in your browser.

Van Allen Beltinator

3D and VR model of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts

Sliders set the physics of the belts (particle energy, pitch angle, diffusion, geomagnetic indexes, solar wind) and the model updates in real time, with satellite orbits and WebXR headset support.

Open Van Allen Beltinator

SpaceSherpa COLA

Satellite conjunction alerts on a 3D globe with avoidance maneuvers

Close-approach alerts between satellites, filtered by severity, with avoidance maneuver paths drawn on the globe and a timeline you can play back.

Open SpaceSherpa COLA

Living ISRA

International space reference architecture that updates itself from the news

The architecture from my doctoral thesis, linking each country's space policy to the capabilities it fields, now updated automatically when news events call for changes.

Open Living ISRA

State of Space Monitor

Space program news tracker with architecture views that update daily

Live space news feeds tied to an architecture model of NASA programs, with standard architecture views and a daily record of what changed.

Open State of Space Monitor

Orbital Reckon

Browser game that teaches who pays for orbital debris

Players make policy choices about space debris and see the costs fall on later generations of operators. A prototype for a full version in Unreal Engine for the IGLOO room.

Open Orbital Reckon

FireFlash

Map of where lightning strikes are most likely to start wildfires

Combines NOAA lightning detections, NASA FIRMS active fire data, dryness layers, and weather forecasts to rank where a strike is most likely to become a wildfire.

Open FireFlash

SpaceSherpa COLA v4.1

Dashboard that ranks space traffic risks using several kinds of evidence

A newer edition of COLA that ranks conjunction alerts by several factors at once, compares sources, and adds behavioral and economic evidence from six literature reviews.

Open SpaceSherpa COLA v4.1

NEXRAD 5G and 6G Optimizer

Map of where cell towers could fill gaps in U.S. weather radar coverage

The 160 NEXRAD Doppler weather radars paired with 5G and 6G towers to find coverage gaps, and the spectrum interference between weather and telecom bands.

Open NEXRAD 5G and 6G Optimizer

Supply Chain Chokepoint Monitor

Map of supply chain chokepoints for the space and defense industries

Ports, rare earth sources, and semiconductor plants mapped with ArcGIS, with forecasts of how a disruption at one would spread through space and defense supply chains.

Open Supply Chain Chokepoint Monitor

STSC Compass

Searchable guide to UN COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee documents

The documents of the 63rd session of the UN Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, organized by agenda item and national position, with search and issue briefs.

Open STSC Compass

CSEP

Directory and analysis platform for the global commercial space industry

A registry of commercial space companies across twelve sectors, a document library, and analysis layers on space governance and treaty language.

Open CSEP

In development

  • NORMSAT

    Catalog of voluntary space traffic norms for the IAF space traffic committee

    A catalog of voluntary norms for space traffic, with community voting, statistical summaries, an intake form for new proposals, and an operator directory.

  • SpaceSherpa Vision

    Visualization platform for space situational awareness

    A planned platform for viewing satellites, debris, and close approaches in Earth orbit.

  • SpaceSherpa Hind-site

    Lessons-learned library of past space operations events

    Structured lessons from past space events and near misses, for operators and policymakers.

Dr. Nate Dailey · SpaceSherpa

 

Views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of The MITRE Corporation, its sponsors, or the U.S. Government.