Track ISS Position & Store in TimescaleDB

🛰️ Track the International Space Station (ISS) in Real-Time — Store Data with TimescaleDB

Monitor the ISS with precision by fetching its live location every minute and logging it to a scalable, time-series database for analysis and visualization.

What this workflow does:
⏱ Cron Node – Triggers the workflow every minute. Want a different interval? Just configure it to suit your monitoring frequency.

🌐 HTTP Request Node – Makes a request to an API that returns the current latitude, longitude, and timestamp of the ISS. You can change the API endpoint if you want to track another satellite or object.

🧮 Set Node – Extracts and formats only the data you need: timestamp, latitude, and longitude. Need more details? Just customize this node.

🗃️ TimescaleDB Node – Appends the data into a time-series table named iss. You can use a different table or schema if your use case requires it.

🚀 Use Cases

Build real-time dashboards to visualize the ISS path

Run historical analysis on orbital positions

Integrate with alert systems for specific geolocation thresholds

📊 Scalable Logging with TimescaleDB
Perfect for use with Grafana or any analytics platform that supports PostgreSQL-compatible time-series data.

⏰ Fully Automated & Customizable
Change intervals, add alerts, or feed data to other platforms with a few simple tweaks.