High-quality, open-source Rust libraries for satellite imaging, satellite navigation, and space exploration — free for astronomers and commercial enterprise alike.
We believe the foundational tools for working with space data should be fast, reliable, and accessible to everyone. Our libraries are built in Rust for performance and safety, with Python bindings where it makes sense.
| Repo | Description | Language |
|---|---|---|
| starfield | Star field simulation and rendering | Rust |
| zodiacal | Blind astrometry — identify what you're looking at from an image alone | Rust |
| fitsio-pure | Pure Rust implementation of the FITS file format | Rust |
| scicamera | Scientific camera capture built on libcamera | Python |
| sky-light-estimator | Estimate light pollution for a given lat/lon | Python |
- Satellite imaging — Tools for capturing, storing, and processing satellite and astronomical image data using open standards like FITS
- Satellite navigation — Blind astrometry and star field identification for autonomous celestial navigation
- Space exploration — Simulation, planning, and analysis libraries that lower the barrier to entry for working with space data
Whether you're running a university observatory, building a CubeSat, or pointing a telescope in your backyard — these tools are for you. Contributions and ideas welcome.