Questions tagged [propagation]
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Setting up orbit propagation in Orekit
Please forgive my ignorance, I'm new to orbital dynamics. I am using Orekit [https://www.orekit.org/] for orbital propagation in order to determine rise and set times for a MEO satellite, and am ...
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What is/was legacy TLE ephemeris type 2? (TLE, line 1, column 63)
Wikipedia's Two-Line Element Set entry for line 1, column 63 (1.12) says:
Ephemeris type (internal use only - always zero in distributed TLE data)13
13Celestrak Frequently Asked Questions: Two-Line ...
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Accuracy of converting from TLE/Orbital Elements to Cartesian if used for other propagator?
Say that I wanted to propagate a real-life satellite based on an initial position in space. However, the only source of data I can get is from a tracking website like CelesTrak or Space-Track, where ...
