The Aerospace Corporation is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) that provides its Satellite Orbit Analysis Program (SOAP) to a variety of national security and space customers. This clinic project encapsulated a number of 3D rendering techniques in a digital globe framework that can be readily adapted for incorporation into SOAP and/or other OpenGL-based graphics software. The supported effects include real time weather data acquisition and visualization, terrain shadowing, smoke simulation, improved trajectory drawing, and realistic night and day transition.