orbitx.Orbit

class orbitx.Orbit(orbit: Dataset)

Class to simulate satellite orbits

__init__(orbit: Dataset)

Methods

__init__(orbit)
from_netcdf(input_path)	Loads an Orbit object from a netcdf file.
plot([projection])	Plots the simulated orbits
simulate(satellites, start_date, end_date, ...)	Main generator for the Orbit class
to_netcdf(output_path)	Saves the generated orbits to a netCDF file

Attributes

creation_date	The date when this object was created
end_date	Date until which the orbits are computed
interpolation_sampling_interval	The time delta between each interpolated position of the satellite orbit
orbits	The xarray containing all the satellite orbits.
propagation_sampling_interval	The time delta between each physics-based simulations of the satellite orbit
reference_date	The reference date used for the representation of time in seconds since reference date
satellite_name	Long name (e.g., Sentinel-6) of the satellites which the orbits are computed for
satellite_shortname	Short name (e.g., S6) of the satellites which the orbits are computed for
start_date	Date from which the orbits are computed
version	The version of orbitx used to create this object