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Astrodynamics with Python book, software, and videos. Spacecraft trajectory and attitude modeling and simulation
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Add SPICE SPK (.bsp) kernel writing function to spice_tools.py #15

Closed alfonsogonzalez closed 3 years ago

alfonsogonzalez commented 3 years ago

Once a trajectory is propagated (Spacecraft or Rocket), it is often useful to write a SPICE SPK (.bsp) kernel from the ephemeris data to be able to plug into other software programs. Specifically, NASA's SPICE-Enhanced Cosmographia reads in SPICE kernels for its animations, which are used in the YouTube videos associated with this repository.