spacetrack
spacetrack is a Python client for Space-Track.
Installation
$ pip install spacetrackExample
>>> from spacetrack import SpaceTrackClient
>>> st = SpaceTrackClient('identity', 'password')
>>> print(st.gp(norad_cat_id=[25544, 41335], format='tle'))
1 25544U 98067A 16179.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000
2 25544 00.0000 0.0000 0000000 00.0000 000.0000 00.00000000 0000
1 41335U 16011A 16179.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000
2 41335 00.0000 0.0000 0000000 00.0000 000.0000 00.00000000 0000
>>> # Operators, to save manual string formatting.
>>> import spacetrack.operators as op
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> drange = op.inclusive_range(datetime(2016, 6, 26), datetime(2016, 6, 27))
>>> # Streaming downloads line by line
>>> lines = st.gp_history(iter_lines=True, creation_date=drange, orderby='TLE_LINE1', format='tle')
>>> with open('tle.txt', 'w') as fp:
... for line in lines:
... fp.write(line)
>>> # Streaming downloads in chunk (note file is opened in binary mode)
>>> content = st.download(iter_content=True, file_id=..., format='stream')
>>> with open('file.txt', 'wb') as fp:
... for chunk in content:
... fp.write(chunk)
>>> # Parameter checking, using Space-Track's modeldef API
>>> st.gp(onrad_cat_id=25544)
TypeError: 'gp' got an unexpected argument 'onrad_cat_id'
>>> # Automatic rate limiting
>>> for satno in my_satnos:
... # Gets limited to <30 requests per minute automatically by blocking
... st.gp(...)
>>> # Log out and close connections
>>> st.close()Documentation
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Development
spacetrack uses semantic versioning.
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