A hobby orbit simulator, especially for LEO CubeSat mission ops planning
- Predict satellite state (velocity vector and position), propogating a TLE, using the SGP4 model.
- Evaluate link windows.
- Evaluate power generation/sunlight conditions.
- Export granular data for further processing.
- Simulate how propulsion can be used to modify an orbit, especially with the goal of forcefully changing the orbit into a tight eliptical orbit (100km perigee, large apogee) and then back to a more "normal" orbit.
- Search for NORAD ID from satellite name: https://celestrak.org/satcat/search.php
- Easiest lookup for historical TLEs: https://satdb.ethz.ch/
- Sanity check decoder for TLEs: https://sat-tle-parser.netlify.app