LuxTransit banner

LuxTransit

Created by: dinisnoyoutbe
3 devlogs
4h 14m 28s

A real-time interplanetary communication simulator between Earth and Mars. Send commands to Mars Rover ARES-7 with accurate light-speed signal delays, live orbital distances, solar storms, and communication blackouts. Built with HTML, CSS, and van…

A real-time interplanetary communication simulator between Earth and Mars. Send commands to Mars Rover ARES-7 with accurate light-speed signal delays, live orbital distances, solar storms, and communication blackouts. Built with HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.

This project uses AI

Used Claude as a guide to learn how to do some things throughout the project but all code was written manually by me.

Demo Repository

README

Loading README...
dinisnoyoutbe
dinisnoyoutbe worked on LuxTransit
10 days ago
0h 48m logged

Added stars to the background, a signal particle that travels from Earth to Mars and back in sync with message timing, and fixed orbital opposition physics for communication blackouts. Set up GitHub repository, GitHub Pages demo, and wrote full project documentation.

Attachment
0
dinisnoyoutbe
dinisnoyoutbe shipped LuxTransit
10 days ago

Shipped this project!

Hours: 3.43
Cookies: 🍪 8
Multiplier: 2.35 cookies/hr

Built LuxTransit, an interplanetary communication simulator between Earth and Mars. You can send commands to Mars Rover ARES-7 and watch the signal travel across the solar system in real time, with accurate light-speed delays based on the actual distance between the planets. Added solar storms that degrade the signal and communication blackouts that trigger when the Sun aligns between Earth and Mars using real orbital opposition physics. The hardest part was getting the signal particle to arrive at the right planet since the planets keep moving — learned a lot about canvas animation and how to sync visuals with timing.

dinisnoyoutbe
dinisnoyoutbe worked on LuxTransit
10 days ago
1h 1m logged

Built a real-time orbital distance panel showing live km and signal delay, along with an ARES-7 rover status panel that updates battery and temperature after each transmission. Implemented two space events: random solar storms that degrade the signal, and automatic communication blackouts triggered when the Sun aligns between Earth and Mars using real orbital opposition physics.

Attachment
Attachment
0
dinisnoyoutbe
dinisnoyoutbe worked on LuxTransit
10 days ago
2h 24m logged

Started building LuxTransit, an interplanetary communication simulator between Earth and Mars. Built the base HTML/CSS layout with a mission control aesthetic, added a live solar system canvas with orbiting planets, implemented real light-speed delay calculations, and created a command terminal to send messages to Mars Rover ARES-7 with contextual AI responses.

Attachment
0