orbitx.utils._orbit.get_matching_indices.get_matching_indices

orbitx.utils._orbit.get_matching_indices.get_matching_indices(simulation_time: ndarray, tle_time: ndarray) → Tuple[ndarray[tuple[Any, ...], dtype[uint8]], ndarray[tuple[Any, ...], dtype[uint8]]]

Locate the index of the closest two line element (at a time equal to or smaller than the simulation time) and return the matching pointers/indices.

Parameters:

• sim_time – a vector of time containing all the instances when we want to simulate the orbit

• tle_time – a vector of time containing all tle instances

Returns:

tuple of lists containing corresponding indices between simulation space and tle references