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Astrodynamics with Python book, software, and videos. Spacecraft trajectory and attitude modeling and simulation
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Implement 3D rocket launch coordinates and ephemeris time #10

Closed alfonsogonzalez closed 2 years ago

alfonsogonzalez commented 2 years ago

The Rocket class needs to be able to have a starting location based on latitude / longitude coordinates of Earth launch sites. This Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF) rotating reference frame point will then need to be converted to (Earth Mean Equator) EME2000 inertial reference frame, so ephemeris time must also be implemented

alfonsogonzalez commented 2 years ago

The Rocket class has successfully been able to calculate a two-stage rocket trajectory to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from Cape Canaveral with corresponding plotting capabilities.

This will be demonstrated in the first video on Cosmographia tutorials coming soon.