orbits

A collection of utils and scripts to compute and visualize orbits.

Orbit Mechanics Labs

Practical exercises supporting the lecture (ESPACE 22/23, TUM)

Keplerian Orbits in Space-fixed, Earth-fixed and Topocentric Systems

Orbits of GOCE, GPS, Molniya, Michibiki and a GEO satellite visualized as

• 3D in space fixed system
• 3D in earth fixed system And resulting
• groundtracks
• satellite visibility from Wettzell

Image results

Numerical Integration of Satellite Orbits

Analysis of errors introduced by numberical integration of Sentinel-3.

Image results

Advanced Orbit Mechanics Labs

Practical exercises supporting the lecture (ESPACE 23, TUM)

TerraSAR & Tandem-X: Relative Motion and Hill Equations

Further results

Integration of Satellite Orbits with Different Force Models

Analysis of the influence of common perturbations on satellites of different height, i.e. GRACE and Galileo.

Further results