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Re: Satellite orbit procedure [message #29583 is a reply to message #29582]

Wed, 06 March 2002 06:58

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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Richard Lord wrote:
> I'm looking for a procedure that takes as input the parameters of a
> satellite orbit (Kepler orbit parameters), and outputs so-called
> statevectors. A statevector contains the x,y,z and vx,vy,vz
> coordinates at any particular point in time.

I looked into this problem a while ago. The most convenient solution I
found was the "Satellite Tool Kit" (STK) software freely available from

http://www.stk.com/

The free version of their software accepts Keplerian elements (e.g.
NORAD TLE format) and computes the corresponding state vectors
propagated forward in time.

The STK software is unrelated to IDL.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/

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