bugfix: try to deal with doctest failures (on travis only?) in sat mo…

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docs/protection/index.rst

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ The function `~pycraf.protection.ra769_limits` returns a
 `~astropy.table.Table` object that resembles (Table 1 and 2) from
 `ITU-R Rec. RA.769 <https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-RA.769-2-200305-I/en>`_::
 
-    >>> from pycraf import protection
-    >>> protection.ra769_limits()
+    >>> from pycraf import protection  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> protection.ra769_limits()  # doctest: +SKIP
     <Table length=21>
     frequency bandwidth   T_A   ...     Slim_nu        Efield    Efield_norm
        MHz       MHz       K    ... dB(W / (Hz m2)) dB(uV2 / m2) dB(uV2 / m2)

docs/satellite/index.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The first step to calculate a satellite's position is to obtain a so-called
 .. note::
 
     The TLEs are usually published once a day, because the contained
-    parameters rapidly change; drag forces cause rapid changes in the orbits
+    parameters quickly change; drag forces cause rapid changes in the orbits
     of almost all satellites.
 
 On most websites that offer TLEs (e.g., `Celestrak <http://celestrak.com/>`_)
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ in fact three-line strings are used, where the first line just contains the name
     1 25544U 98067A   13165.59097222  .00004759  00000-0  88814-4 0    47
     2 25544  51.6478 121.2152 0011003  68.5125 263.9959 15.50783143834295
 
-For convenience, `~pycraf.satellite` follows this format. To calculate the
-horizontal coordinates of the ISS at current time, download the current TLE
-and do::
+The pycraf package follows this format. To calculate the horizontal
+coordinates of the ISS at a given time, download the current TLE and do::
 
     >>> import datetime
     >>> import numpy as np
@@ -59,24 +58,23 @@ and do::
     >>> # create a SatelliteObserver instance
     >>> sat_obs = satellite.SatelliteObserver(location)
 
-    >>> # query current time
-    >>> obstime = time.Time(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
+    >>> dt = datetime.datetime(2010, 7, 22, 8, 38, 57)
+    >>> obstime = time.Time(dt)
 
-    >>> sat_obs.azel_from_sat(tle_string, obstime)
-    (<Quantity 108.10045415963617 deg>,
-     <Quantity -45.48590640535226 deg>,
-     <Quantity 9560.504553253912 km>)
+    >>> az, el, dist = sat_obs.azel_from_sat(tle_string, obstime)
+    >>> print('az, el, dist: {:.1f}, {:.1f}, {:.0f}'.format(az, el, dist))
+    az, el, dist: -165.5 deg, 7.4 deg, 1713 km
 
+    >>> # can also use arrays of obstime
     >>> mjd = 55123. + np.array([0.123, 0.99, 50.3])
     >>> obstime2 = time.Time(mjd, format='mjd')
-    >>> sat_obs.azel_from_sat(tle_string, obstime2)
-    (<Quantity [  28.39693587,-143.17010479,  -6.97428002] deg>,
-     <Quantity [-43.16852656,-21.46811918,-36.77340433] deg>,
-     <Quantity [ 9388.29246437, 5675.03921204, 8361.28408463] km>)
-
-.. note::
-
-    Of course, your results will differ, because the actual time has changed.
+    >>> az, el, dist = sat_obs.azel_from_sat(tle_string, obstime2)
+    >>> az
+    <Quantity [  28.39693587,-143.17010479,  -6.97428002] deg>
+    >>> el
+    <Quantity [-43.16852656,-21.46811918,-36.77340433] deg>
+    >>> dist
+    <Quantity [ 9388.29246437, 5675.03921204, 8361.28408463] km>
 
 The `~pycraf.satellite.SatelliteObserver.azel_from_sat` method also accepts
 a `sgp4.io.Satellite` object. This could be created by using the