Get next satellite passes from N2YO API

get_passes.py is a quick and simple Python code that downloads the next visible passes of a list of satellites from the N2YO API. Currently it just creates a query and returns the JSON that the API returns.

Requires Python 3 and the requests and toml packages.

Usage

Run python get_passes.py satellites.txt, with the following

• satellites.txt is a file containing the desired satellite IDs, one per line. The file test_list.txt can be used for testing. It contains the IDs of the International Space Station and the AALTO-1 cubesat.

• The file config.toml must exist and contain the station coordinates, number of days to look up from the current time, and the minimum pass duration (in seconds) to be accepted. See the example.

• The file N2YO_API_KEY.txt must exist and contain your API key. This is provided on the user page when logged in on N2YO.