tleAnalysis

See the Wiki to have more information on this project. A video tutorial is available on YouTube.

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Main file:

• main.m: MATLAB file used to run functions and as interface between functions

Included functions for TLE analysis:

• correctTLE.m: MATLAB function for correcting TLE files with overlapping elements
• downloadTLE.m: MATLAB function to download TLEs from space-track.org
• errorsTLE.m: MATLAB function to analyze error sources in propagation and find correlations between errors and spacecraft parameters
• peaksTLE.m: MATLAB function to find peaks in TLE observations
• propagateTLE.m: MATLAB function to propagate Keplerian elements using SGP4
• readTLE.m: MATLAB function for reading TLE files and plotting Keplerian elements over time
• SGP4.m: MATLAB representation of SGP4 propagator
• statTLE.m: MATLAB function to collect statistical information on TLEs
• thrustTLE.m: MATLAB function to detect thrust

Other functions:

• cart2kepl.m: MATLAB function to convert from Cartesian coordinates to Keplerian elements
• chauvenet.m: MATLAB function to apply Chauvenet's criterion to remove outliers
• constants.m: MATLAB function to load constants
• mergeArrays.m: MATLAB function to merge arrays at alternating indices
• plotAll.m: MATLAB function to plot results
• settings.m: MATLAB function to set options
• subplotTitle.m: MATLAB function for adding a title to the whole subplot

Included folders:

• documentation: sources of information (bibliography)
• files: various text files filled with TLE lines of various spacecraft or debris
• functions: functions used for the analysis of TLE file
• propagation: functions used for propagation of TLEs