liftoff

SpaceX telemetry parser and modelling application written in C++.

This takes the telemetry feed downloaded from SpaceX's livestream and attempts to model the dynamic forces acting on the rocket. The current iteration uses data from the JCSAT-18/KACIFIC1 mission. The results are plotted using MathGL's FLTK library as the model is updated. This then uses the processed data in a new model that attempts to replicate the rocket to validate the model and extract other data such as thrust and other controls.

Demo

Build

Requires MathGL headers and GMP to be installed on your computer.

git clone https://github.com/caojohnny/liftoff.git
cd liftoff
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make

cd ..
./build/liftoff-cli/liftoff-cli

Documentation

This project is extensively documented. The HTML version of the documentation comments can be generated by running Doxygen in the root folder of this project:

doxygen

This produces the output in the doc directory. You can open the doc/html/index.html file in your preferred web browser to view it.

Credits

Built with CLion

Utilizes:

• json
• MathGL
• SpaceXtract
• GMP

A LOT of information was found on various different sites, too many to list here. They've been pasted in various different code files as comments.