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Topocentric ecliptic coordinates for Moon's nodes from JPL's Horizons
I have been trying to get the ecliptic coordinates for the ascending and descending nodes of the Moon from any observation point on earth. I have used JPL Horizon's ephemeris for osculating elements
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Definition of ECL50 coordinate frame?
Is there a document with the definition of the "ECL50" frame? It was used at least in the Voyager and Ulysses missions. I have seen in literature people saying "ECL50 is the same as ...
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Are ECI and ECEF Frames, and Do They Belong to the Geocentric Equatorial Coordinate Systems?
I'm completely confused about the difference between geocentric equatorial coordinate systems, ECI, and ECEF. David Vallado, in his book 'Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications,' mentions that ...
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How does the Gpredict software algorithm track satellites?
I was wondering how Gpredict calculates the ground tracks, Lat, Long and elevation based on a ground station.
If I understand correctly, Gpredict takes the values from a TLE (Two-Line Element) set, ...
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How to convert Geocentric Coordinates to ECEF using Skyfield?
I'm trying to obtain ECEF coordinates from geocentric coordinates and then plot the ground track using the subpoint function. Any advice? My objective is to create an accurate ground track.
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TEME state vector to TLE orbital elements
I was looking at time series of some TLE parameter(semimajor axis, inclination, etc..) and I wanted to how those parameters evolve between measured time points.
So i decided to feed TLE element to ...
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Why ECEF does not coincide with ECI on January 1, 2000 at 12.00? [duplicate]
I assumed that ECEF frame coincides with ECI frame on January 1, 2000 at 12.00.
To see that, on MATLAB, I used the dcmeci2ecef() function as:
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How can I calculate GPS satellite's Latitude and Longitude if I have the elevation, the azimuth, the XYZ coordinates of the ground station
How can I calculate a GPS satellite's latitude and longitude if the elevation, the azimuth, and the XYZ coordinates of the ground GPS station are provided?
I have tried these questions:
Computing GEO ...
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Elevation angle for a non-GEO satellite
I want to calculate the elevation angle of a Non-GEO satellite with respect to a ground terminal. The information I have to solve this:
Instantaneous Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude of the non-GEO ...
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How to calculate the ECEF coordinates of a satellite given its elevation and azimuth angle, plus the coordinates of a reference object on Earth
So I am looking for a way to 'reverse engineer' satellite ECEF coordinates given its angles of elevation and azimuth and given the coordinates of an object on Earth serving as a reference ground. The ...
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How to convert TLE data into state vectors in ITRF?
As shown in the question, Now I have a TLE observation data and CPF(Consolidated Prediction Format) data. According to CPF's documentation, CPF predictions are tabulated satellite state vectors ...
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Is this a typo in the Python Skyfield API? "International Coordinate Reference Frame (ICRF)"?
In the Python Skyfield library there is a position object skyfield.positionlib.ICRF, in the documentation it states:
An (x,y,z) position and velocity oriented to ...
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At what point on the Earth's surface does the +X axes of the J2000 coordinate system intersect?
From my newly and developing understanding of the J2000 coordinate system it is defined as the point at which the sun appears to cross the celestial equator from the Southern to the Northern ...
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Where do I find ECEF coordinates of a satellite?
I am taking a university course named 'satellite navigation' as a part of my master degree in aerospace engineering. For the exam we are required to elaborate the coordinates of a LEO satellite (it ...
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Transformation ECI to ECEF acceleration and forces
I know that for velocity conversions between ECI and ECEF there is an $\omega \times r_{ECI} $ term, such that the overall transformation is $v_{ECEF}=v_{ECI}-\omega \times r_{ECI}$. In my belief ...
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How do I convert from one local NED frame to another?
A little bit of background in case you are interested. I am running a re-entry simulation, and I am dealing with two different reference frames. The one with the higher fidelity dynamics is in the ...
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How does one generate a formula(s) for an artificial satellite's location at time t given a set of known locations at discrete times?
Given a set of spatio-temporal points in space {(Lat_1, Lon_1, Alt_1, Time_1), ... (Lat_n, Lon_n, Alt_n, Time_n)}, I need a function (i.e. a formula) that takes these points (or subset of points) as ...
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JWST - coordinates available?
Will the actual coordinates of JWST be made available for download (on an ongoing basis)?
It would be interesting to have these, to better understand and appreciate station keeping maneuvers.
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How do you compute horizontal coordinates of a GPS satellite from its broadcast ephemeris?
I'm not an astronomer by any means, and am trying to extract the horizontal coordinates, azimuth and altitude, of a GPS satellite given its most recent broadcast ephemeris.
Here is some example ...
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How to calculate Azimuth/Elevation of a satellite?
I have a ground stations' lat/lon as well as a satellite's lat/long. I want to calculate the azimuth/elevation of the satellite relatively to the ground station.
Currently, I am using these formulas (...
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How is the Celestial Ephemeris Pole (CEP) exactly defined?
I am currently trying to understand the definition of the True Equator Mean Equinox (TEME) frame. I found a very nice explanation in @NgPh's answer to Can someone explain to me the TEME reference ...
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How to calculate velocity vector in perifocal coordinates [closed]
Well the formula for it is here:
Though if r is the radius and f is the true anomaly (which I assume is radians), then what is r dot and f dot respectively?
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Do geodesics close on an ellipsoid?
I want to calculate the shortest distance between two points (Point A and Point B) on the ellipsoid surface. For this I need to use geodetic passing through these two points. Well, if I continue this ...
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How to convert to GEO cordinate from the Mars Solar orbital coordinate (Sun-state)
I am working on the planetary science (on Mars) project for my master thesis. I am using MAVEN data for analysis. Data (spacecraft position) are measured in MSO (Mars Solar orbital) coordinate. I ...
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Coordinate systems for state vectors
I am currently working on a project from this book. In appendix D, they provide a few projects that can be coded as a review of all the material in the book. I finished the first project, Site/Track ...
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How do I find my coordinates using x, y and z variables and trilateration?
For a school project, I was really interested in finding my own location using information from satellites, by using trilateration (so basically do what GPS are doing but by myself and with some math)....
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Coord. system:collection of charts (local homeomorphisms to ℝ𝑛) for differentiable manifold 𝑀, frame:section of tangent vector fiber bundle over 𝑀
This answer to Are ECI and ECEF both frames and/or coordinate systems? Is there a difference? (which asks about the difference between coordinate systems and frames) says:
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Can't find ISS position data API that uses the https protocol
I have used the open-notify API to track the ISS in a script I've written. It's just excellent, but it doesn't use the secure version of the http protocol. Now I find myself trying to include it on my ...
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How to convert body coordinate from Sun reference frame to Earth reference frame?
I have the coordinates of a celestial body w.r.t. Sun , expressed as (x,y,z), at a given time.
I need to move this coordinates into a reference frame centered on Earth center, but after reading dozens ...
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When B is directly below A, as shown, what's B’s velocity (in vector notation) relative to A?
Spacecraft A and B are in coplanar circular orbits around the Earth. The orbital radii are as shown in the figure.
(Not looking to use C-W equation. Just the equation describing relative velocity ...
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CesiumJS: how to convert Alt/Az as seen from Earth surface in (x,y,z) position w.r.t Earth center?
I know how an antenna located on Earth surface is poiting to an object in space, by means of Altitude and Azimuth.
I would like to show the pointed object in the 3d view, so, as far as I can ...
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Should coordinate transformations from J2000 to ITRF93 in quaternions be cyclic?
I used SPICE's pxform at an interval of epochs to determine the transformation from J2000 (inertial) to ITRF93 (Earth body-fixed) frame. Then, I converted these rotation matrices to quaternions with ...
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Which are the correct input parameters for NASA Horizons query to get the right Alt/Az data needed to plot analemmas for various planets?
I tried to replicate these analemmas, taken from a discussion of the equation of time in the following post: http://pbarbier.com/eqtime/eqtime.html:
I used "Quantity n.4" for Nasa Horizons ...
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Could the orbit of a satellite place it on the z-axis of the ECI coordinate frame (x=y=0)?
It is mostly a hypothetical question; I assume the answer is no, but I am looking for any data to contradict my claim that there are none or at most only one satellite at a time which could ever ...
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Accuracy of direct ECI (Earth-Centered Inertial) to LLA (Longitude, Latitude, Altitude) conversion via sub-satellite point?
The process of converting between ECI and LLA is generally known to be complex, as it involves a intermediate conversion to ECEF (Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed). This, in turn, involves the ...
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Is this commonly attributed ECI (Earth-Centered Inertial) to ECEF (Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed) transformation accurate?
As noted in this previous Stack Exchange question, and many others like it, the transformation from ECI to ECEF (or vice versa) is not a simple process, requiring several steps and considerations (...
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Orbit Elliptical Fitting
Question: Given a set of XYZ (3D) coordinates in the Earth-fixed frame, after converting them to the inertial frame, how do I perform orbit fitting in the least-squares sense (meaning minimising all ...
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How can Earth-Centered Inertial (ECI) coordinates be properly called "inertial" if the Earth's orbit is always accelerating towards the Sun?
I've just realized (again) that I don't understand anything, something that often happens to me after reading a @DavidHammen answer.
How can Earth-Centered Inertial (ECI) coordinates be inertial if ...
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Longitude deadband of geostasionary satellite
I try to count longitude deadband of geostationary satellite (0.1 degree). But I still confused, where should the longitude I have to start? In the picture, should I start the longitude from the far ...
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Can I retrieve longitude of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter around the Moon by POST method (URL)?
I see that I can use an URL like this to retrieve position data for LRO around the Moon:
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&MAKE_EPHEM=%27YES%27&TABLE_TYPE=%27VECTORS%27&...
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Transform ECI to ECEF
I need to transform ECI to ECEF coordinate. Here, I need the formula in math and algorithm. I have looking for the formula in the internet, but I can find one.
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Accuracy of ECEF to ECI, using just GAST
I am working on a Low to Medium fidelity orbit analysis tool. My key factor here is speed, I am analyzing constellations with 500 - 1000 satellites and want to be able to perform the analysis in under ...
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Rotation matrix from J2000 to ITRF2008
I want to rotate a vector from the inertial J2000 frame into ITRF2008. I am using the NASA SPICE library, which provides a rotation matrix from J2000 to ITRF93 (they plan to upgrade the library to a ...
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A spacecraft is travelling at X units per hour. But relative to what exactly? Does it depend on the orbit? How?
If I am walking, the ground is stationary, and I move $X \frac{\text{units}}{\text{hour}}$ relative to the ground.
If I am in low-Earth orbit, then I am still moving $X \frac{\text{units}}{\text{hour}}...
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LVLH to ECI Conversion
I'd like to transform LVLH coordinates to ECI coordinates. I've been looking at academic papers and other answers on here and other websites and have only seen the transformation in the other ...
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How can I convert a Walker constellation (i: t/p/f) to cartesian position and velocity coordinates (ECI)?
I need to convert a Walker constellation (i: t/p/f) to cartesian position and velocity coordinates relative to earth center (ECI) -- i.e., position x,y,z and velocity x,y,z.
Standard Anaconda Python ...
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C/Fortran library for ECI to ECEF conversion
Does anyone know of a good C or fortran library which constructs the rotation matrix to convert from ECI to ECEF components?
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How accurate can a point in space be determined by the likes of the ICRF?
How accurately could a 3D point in open space (i.e. not on an object), say at an elevation of 30,000m above sea level, be located or modelled using the likes of the International Celestial Reference ...
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Converting Keplerian coordinates into Latitude and Longitude
Introduction
My goal is follow up the title of this question and obtain the Earth coordinates (latitude, longitude) from the keplerian coords ...
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Why was the origin of the Apollo lunar module coordinate system "underground"?
Even stranger than the origin of the Saturn V coordinate system is that of the lunar module:
The X-axis station reference measurements (inches) start at a design reference point identified as ...
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