SatelliteObserver#

class pycraf.satellite.SatelliteObserver(obs_location)[source]#

Bases: object

Calculate position of a satellite relative to an observer on Earth.

Parameters:

obs_locationEarthLocation or tuple

Location of observer.

This must be in a form that can be casted to EarthLocation.

Returns:

sat_obsSatelliteObserver instance

Methods Summary

azel_from_sat(satellite_or_tle, obstime)

Parameters:

Methods Documentation

azel_from_sat(satellite_or_tle, obstime)[source]#

Parameters:

satellite_or_tlesgp4.io.Satellite instance or TLE 3-line str: Satellite object or TLE
obstimeTime: Time of observation

Returns:

az, elndarray or float: Azimuth/elevation of satellite w.r.t. observer [deg]
distndarray or float: Distance to satellite [km]

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