https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/orbits-js

🛰️ A small library to display satellite orbits from two-line elements with Google Maps API3
https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/orbits-js

google-maps-api javascript orbits satellites tle

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🛰️ A small library to display satellite orbits from two-line elements with Google Maps API3

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/orbits-js
• Owner: rossengeorgiev
• License: other
• Created: 2014-06-08T02:29:42.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-09T18:10:29.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-01T10:01:14.070Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: google-maps-api, javascript, orbits, satellites, tle
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://rgp.io/orbits-js/
• Size: 819 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Orbits.js

![orbits.js preview image](preview.png "orbits.js preview image")

A small library to display satellite orbits from two-line elements via Google Maps.

[Live preview](http://rossengeorgiev.github.io/orbits-js/preview.html)

## Example usage

```javascript

var myMap = new google.maps.Map(...);

var myTLE = new orbits.TLE(tle_text);

var mySat = new orbits.Satellite({ map: myMap, tle: myTLE});

// You can also parse a file containing many TLEs

var TLE_Array = orbits.util.praseTLE(tle_text);

```

## Documentation

Explore the library from [here](http://rossengeorgiev.github.io/orbits-js/).

## Library based on

* [Models for Propagation of NORAD Element Sets](http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/documentation/spacetrk.pdf)

*By Felix R. Hoots and Ronald L. Roehrichm, December 1980*

* [Orbital Coordinate Systems, Part III](http://www.celestrak.com/columns/v02n03/)

*By Dr. T.S. Kelso*