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@samtx samtx released this 25 Mar 03:21
· 3 commits to main since this release

Changes in structure of core classes:

  • begin adding functions and methods to use mjd instead of jd
  • Standardize Observer methods. Use method() to accept datetime objects, _method_mjd() to accept mjd time objects
  • Change SGP4Predictor to SGP4Propagator
  • Update satellite propagator methods to correspond to Observer methods
  • Update tests and benchmarks with new class names and methods
  • Remove orbit predictor Location class as inherited base class
  • Create new Orbit class that can be initialized from a TLE.
  • Refactor the SGP4Propagator to not call a source class directly. Instead initialize from Orbit or TLE object
  • Create tests to ensure that SGP4 satrec propagator is created correctly from TLE object

Changes to pass iterators:

  • Change Observer pass iterator algorithms to callable methods rather than subclassing Observer()
  • Use MJD instead of JD in pass iterators. Update propagation and coordinate transformations to use MJD.
  • Update tests to use new observer pass iterator methods
  • move visual pass detail computation to separate function
  • Performance boost: orbit_predictor pass iterator is now 1.2x faster

Misc:

  • Remove old core.py functions. These can now be easily replicated with the current api
  • Enforce mjd2datetime to always use microseconds.
  • Rename satellite modules to sgp4.py and kepler.py