Track Earth-orbiting satellites from your terminal
Project description
Track orbiting objects (such as the International Space Station) in your terminal!
Requires a terminal with 256 colors. A black background is highly recommended.
pip install termtrack
Usage: termtrack [OPTIONS] [SATELLITE]
Shows a world map tracking SATELLITE. Valid values for SATELLITE are
numbers from http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/master.asp (for
your convenience, "iss" or "tiangong" are also allowed).
Hotkeys:
i Toggle info panels
q Quit
Options:
--apsides Draw apoapsis and periapsis markers
-c, --crosshair Draw crosshair around satellite location
-f, --fps N Frames per second (defaults to 1)
-o, --orbits N Draw this many orbits ahead of the satellite
-O, --observer 'LAT LON' Space-separated latitude and longitude of an
observer; overrides IP-geolocation
-Y, --no-you Don't auto-detect your location as observer
--version Show version and exit
--help Show this message and exit
Credit goes to vain/asciiworld for inspiration.
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