satellite-constellation 0.2.2

Create Satellite Constellations around the Earth, Luna and planets in the solar system

Library for representing satellite constellations and ground stations

Installation

To install latest released version:

pip install satellite-constellation

To install from github master branch:

pip install https://gitlab.com/open-galactic/satellite-constellation.git

For development:

# fork https://gitlab.com/open-galactic/satellite-constellation.git to YOUR_GITLAB
# clone your repo locally
git clone https://[e-mail]/YOUR_GITLAB/satellite-constellation.git
cd SatelliteConstellationCreator

# add upstream remote
git remote add upstream https://gitlab.com/open-galactic/satellite-constellation.git

# create a virtualenv
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# install for development
pip install -r requirements.txt

Testing if installation is good::

$ satellite-constellation –test

Features

JSON serialisable orbital elements for satellite constellation creation. Individual Satellite element creation class.

Credits

This package is a conversion of existing academic Matlab code created by Saber Astronautics Australia Pty. Ltd. for use in creating scenes in the Predictive Interactive Ground Interface software.