The Viper DRADIS Navigation Console is an interactive star chart built for a full-scale Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk2 cockpit replica — a working navigation display for the physical prop, not just a mockup.

Rather than fabricate the solar system, it's built on real NASA JPL orbital data (semi-major axis, eccentricity, and orbital period) for every planet, major moon, and large asteroid it displays. That data is projected onto a radial, log-scale star chart so the whole system — from Mercury's tight orbit out past the asteroid belt — fits on one screen without losing detail near the sun. Every object can be searched, selected, and locked onto, pulling up a contact-inspector panel styled after Battlestar Galactica's DRADIS console: amber alerts, scan-line sweeps, and a cockpit-instrument aesthetic throughout.

A second mode, SOLAR OBS, pulls in live imagery and space-weather telemetry directly from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, SOHO, STEREO, and NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center — real-time solar imagery, geomagnetic K-index, X-ray flare class, and solar wind readings, refreshed automatically.

The whole thing is designed to run on the actual hardware going into the cockpit build — a small touchscreen driven by a Raspberry Pi or mini PC — so it isn't just a demo: it's the instrument.

Hardware Build · Interactive Data Visualization · Space / Astronomy Data

Radial navigation chart of the solar system centered on the sun, with labeled planetary orbits and a glowing asteroid belt, styled as a Battlestar Galactica DRADIS console display.

This is an independent, fan-made personal hardware project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Universal Content Productions LLC, NBCUniversal, or any other rights holder of Battlestar Galactica. "Battlestar Galactica," "Viper," and "DRADIS" are trademarks of their respective owners, referenced here solely to describe the design inspiration behind this build. Orbital and asteroid data is sourced from NASA/JPL (public domain) via Eleanor Lutz's "Atlas of Space" project; see that project's repository for its license terms.