SatelliteObserver¶
- class pycraf.satellite.SatelliteObserver(obs_location)[source] [edit on github]¶
Bases:
object
Calculate position of a satellite relative to an observer on Earth.
- Parameters
- obs_location
EarthLocation
or tuple Location of observer.
This must be in a form that can be casted to
EarthLocation
.
- obs_location
- Returns
- sat_obsSatelliteObserver instance
Methods Summary
azel_from_sat
(satellite_or_tle, obstime)- Parameters
Methods Documentation
- azel_from_sat(satellite_or_tle, obstime)[source] [edit on github]¶
- Parameters
- satellite_or_tle
sgp4.io.Satellite
instance or TLE 3-line string Satellite object or TLE
- obstime
Time
Time of observation
- satellite_or_tle
- Returns
Notes
If satellite is provided as TLE string, it must be of the form:
ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 13165.59097222 .00004759 00000-0 88814-4 0 47 2 25544 51.6478 121.2152 0011003 68.5125 263.9959 15.50783143834295