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Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: sgp4
Version: 1.1
Summary: Track earth satellite TLE orbits using up-to-date 2010 version of SGP4
Home-page: https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/python-sgp4
Author: Brandon Rhodes
Author-email: brandon@rhodesmill.org
License: MIT
Description:
This Python package computes the position and velocity of an
earth-orbiting satellite, given the satellite's TLE orbital elements
from a source like `Celestrak <http://celestrak.com/>`_. It implements
the most recent version of SGP4, and is regularly run against the SGP4
test suite to make sure that its satellite position predictions **agree
to within 1 µm** of the predictions of the standard C++ implementation
of the algorithm. This error is far less than the 1–3 km/day by which
satellites themselves deviate from the ideal orbits described in TLE
files.
The C++ function names have been retained, since users may already be
familiar with this library in other languages. Here is how to compute
the x,y,z position and velocity for Vanguard 1 at 12:50:19 on 29
June 2000:
>>> from sgp4.earth_gravity import wgs72
>>> from sgp4.io import twoline2rv
>>> line1 = ('1 00005U 58002B 00179.78495062 '
... '.00000023 00000-0 28098-4 0 4753')
>>> line2 = ('2 00005 34.2682 348.7242 1859667 '
... '331.7664 19.3264 10.82419157413667')
>>>
>>> satellite = twoline2rv(line1, line2, wgs72)
>>> position, velocity = satellite.propagate(
... 2000, 6, 29, 12, 50, 19)
>>>
>>> position
[5576.056952400586, -3999.371134576452, -1521.9571594376037]
>>> velocity
[4.772627303379319, 5.119817120959591, 4.275553909172126]
The position vector measures the satellite position in **meters** from
the center of the earth. The velocity is the rate at which those same
three parameters are changing, expressed in **meters per second**.
There are three gravity models available that you can import from the
``earth_gravity`` module:
* ``wgs72``
* ``wgs72old``
* ``wgs84``
The ``wgs72`` model seems to be the most commonly used in the satellite
tracking community, and is probably the model behind most TLE elements
that are available for download.
The ``twoline2rv()`` function returns a ``Satellite`` object whose
attributes carry the data loaded from the TLE entry.
Most of this class's hundred-plus attributes are intermediate values
of interest only to the propagation algorithm itself. Here are the
attributes set by ``sgp4.io.twoline2rv()`` in which users are likely
to be interested:
``satnum``
Unique satellite number given in the TLE file.
``epochyr``
Full four-digit year of this element set's epoch moment.
``epochdays``
Fractional days into the year of the epoch moment.
``jdsatepoch``
Julian date of the epoch (computed from ``epochyr`` and ``epochdays``).
``ndot``
First time derivative of the mean motion (ignored by SGP4).
``nddot``
Second time derivative of the mean motion (ignored by SGP4).
``bstar``
Ballistic drag coefficient B* in inverse earth radii.
``inclo``
Inclination in radians.
``nodeo``
Right ascension of ascending node in radians.
``ecco``
Eccentricity.
``argpo``
Argument of perigee in radians.
``mo``
Mean anomaly in radians.
``no``
Mean motion in radians per minute.
This implementation passes all of the automated tests in the August 2010
release of the reference implementation of SGP4 by Vallado et al., who
originally published their revision of SGP4 in 2006:
Vallado, David A., Paul Crawford, Richard Hujsak, and T.S. Kelso, “Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3,” presented at the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Keystone, CO, 2006 August 21–24.
If you would like to review the paper, it is `available online
<http://www.celestrak.com/publications/AIAA/2006-6753/>`_. You can
always download the latest version of their code for comparison against
this Python module (or other implementations) at `AIAA-2006-6753.zip
<http://www.celestrak.com/publications/AIAA/2006-6753/AIAA-2006-6753.zip>`_.
This module was adapted from Vallado's C++ code since its revision date
was the most recently updated SGP4 implementation in their zip file:
* C++, August 2010
* Fortran, August 2008
* Pascal, August 2008
* Matlab, May 2008
* Java, July 2005
Changelog
---------
| 2012-11-22 — 1.1 — Python 3 compatibility; more documentation
| 2012-08-27 — 1.0 — Initial release
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy