tle_tuples_from_text

cysgp4.tle_tuples_from_text(unicode tle_text)

Split a text containing TLE strings (including Name or ID, i.e., three lines per entry) into list of TLE tuples.

Parameters:

tle_textstr

Text containing TLE line strings.

Returns:

tle_listlist of (str, str, str)

List of TLE tuples, each consisting of the line strings.

Examples

An example text file with TLE strings is included in cysgp4 and can be parsed like this:

>>> import cysgp4

>>> tle_text = cysgp4.get_example_tles()
>>> tle_tuples = cysgp4.tle_tuples_from_text(tle_text)
>>> tle_tuples
[('AKEBONO (EXOS-D)        ',
  '1 19822U 89016A   19321.49921565  .00016421  94291-6  28704-3 0  9992',
  '2 19822  75.0304 327.7460 1766579 276.4058  63.9734 12.00957719 13956'),
 ('HST                     ',
  '1 20580U 90037B   19321.38711875  .00000471  00000-0  17700-4 0  9991',
  '2 20580  28.4699 288.8102 0002495 321.7771 171.5855 15.09299865423838'),
...
 ('ZHANGZHENG-1 (CSES)     ',
  '1 43194U 18015C   19322.55091545  .00001006  00000-0  48427-4 0  9993',
  '2 43194  97.4135  85.6925 0016973 127.3937   1.4087 15.20935646 99453')]