https://github.com/elucidation/orbitalelements

Some basic manipulation of orbital elements
https://github.com/elucidation/orbitalelements

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Some basic manipulation of orbital elements

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elucidation/orbitalelements
• Owner: Elucidation
• Created: 2013-03-22T20:10:15.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-03-28T00:54:50.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-05T19:53:38.802Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 211 KB
• Stars: 28
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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OrbitalElements

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Some basic manipulation of orbital elements as well as simple visualization 

using [matplotlib](http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/).

Given a [two-line element](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-line_elements) string, this script will generate the required information to visualize the satellite positions.

ISS and Dragon CRS2:

![Orbits of the ISS and Dragon CRS3](http://i.imgur.com/pNmEbRh.png "ISS and Dragon CRS2")

Some Military Satellites:

![Military Satellites](http://i.imgur.com/jR8ZMN2.png "Military Satellites")

Stations, Military and Geostationary satellites:

![Multiple Satellites](http://i.imgur.com/iQC3i2c.png "Multiple Satellites")