LIVE POSITION UPDATES · Workflow idea
Collect publicly available position information on a regular schedule and place each update where an approved team can follow it. Keep the source and time context attached so people can interpret the information responsibly.
01 / The starting point
Publicly available information about the International Space Station’s current position
“Gather position updates at the selected interval, preserve their source and time context, and share them with the intended internal audience.”
02 / The work
Helps a team follow changing public information about the International Space Station in a shared destination.
Select a source that provides the position information needed for the team’s purpose.
Collect available position details at the interval the team has chosen.
Include when the information was reported and where it came from so readers can assess its recency.
Make the information available in the destination intended for the team following the updates.
Make a gap or stale update visible instead of presenting it as a current position.
Have a person verify the current source and approve the exact content and audience before any outside publication or message.
03 / The result
A regularly refreshed stream of position details for the agreed audience, with the time and source visible for each update.
Operations · Example outcome
A regularly refreshed stream of position details for the agreed audience, with the time and source visible for each update.
Position information can be delayed or imprecise. Check its source and timestamp before relying on it, and obtain human review before publishing updates or sending them to an external audience.
04 / Make it yours
A few choices shape the work around your team.
Choose a public source and decide what attribution and timestamp should accompany each update.
Choose a schedule that meets the monitoring need without producing unnecessary messages.
Select a shared place that is appropriate for the intended internal audience and its access permissions.
Check that new, late, and missing information is distinguishable and that external sharing waits for review.
Keep exploring
Collect the latest available position of the International Space Station each minute and make the update available to subscribed internal systems.
Refresh a shared record with the latest available International Space Station position so it can be explored or displayed.