astro is Python package to perform basic astrodynamics.
Install astro by running : pip install astro to install from pypi
To install a development version (for local testing), you can clone the repository and run:
pip install -e .[dev,test]
from the source directory.
You can use Anaconda to build a development enviornment as well:
conda env create -f enviornment.yml
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There are a limited number of dependencies.
Much of astro is built on top of numpy, which is usually included
in any scientific Python enviornment.
Some additional dependencies are used to offer convient wrappers for
common operations, such as downloading two line element sets or interfacing
with SPICE.
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- Explain what the program can do to Jay
- Installation instructions
- Later on - create single executable file
- Constellation planner and visualizer
- Trajectories from The Expanse
- Mission planner to utilize gravity assists, etc.