sattools/python/README.md

Notes

Setup

• Dependency installation via pip:

  pip install -r requirements.txt
  

• In order to be able to use ground_track.py, download earth.png into this directory.

Usage

• Plot the ground track of satellite based on it's TLE around the epoch:

  ./ground_track.py ../examples/sathyabamasat.txt
  

• Calculate and plot satellite passes (requires a site.txt)

  ./pass.py ../examples/sathyabamasat.txt $ST_DATADIR/sites.txt -s 7300 --starttime 2019-11-06T19:30:00