Wearable computing device alignment assistance for non-terrestrial communications

A wearable computing device, comprising:

• one or more display components;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more programmable processors in communication with the memory, and configured to, while the wearable computing device is being worn by a wearer:
• receive a request to connect the wearable computing device to a non-terrestrial communication network;
• identify a particular satellite associated with the non-terrestrial communication network based at least in part on a location of the wearable computing device and information regarding one or more satellite constellations of the non-terrestrial communication network, where each satellite constellation of the one or more satellite constellations includes a plurality of satellites;
• determine, based on a current location of the particular satellite, a target orientation of the wearable computing device that includes a target azimuth of the wearable computing device and a target altitude of the wearable computing device;
• output, for display via the one or more display components, a graphical user interface that includes a first set of visual elements that are indicative of one or more of the target azimuth of the wearable computing device relative to a current azimuth of an arm of the wearer of the wearable computing device, or the target altitude of the wearable computing device relative to a current altitude of the arm of the wearer of the wearable computing device;
• and
• responsive to determining that the wearable computing device is in the target orientation, transmit data to the particular satellite.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, causes at least one processor of a wearable computing device worn by a wearer to:

• receive a request to connect the wearable computing device to a non-terrestrial communication network;
• identify a particular satellite associated with the non-terrestrial communication network based at least in part on a location of the wearable computing device and information regarding one or more satellite constellations of the non-terrestrial communication network, each satellite constellation of the one or more satellite constellations includes a plurality of satellites;
• determine, based on a current location of the particular satellite, a target orientation of the wearable computing device that includes a target azimuth of the wearable computing device and a target altitude of the wearable computing device;
• output, for display via one or more display components of the wearable computing device, a graphical user interface that includes a first set of visual elements that are indicative of one or more of the target azimuth of the wearable computing device relative to a current azimuth of an arm of the wearer of the wearable computing device, or the target altitude of the wearable computing device relative to a current altitude of the arm of the wearer of the wearable computing device;
• and
• responsive to determining that the wearable computing device is in the target orientation, transmit data to the particular satellite.