Turn orbit tracks on for a single satellite, or a group of satellites

koansys / isat

Satellite Orbit Tracker: implement most-current SGP models and algorithms in JavaScript, then use to visualize hundreds of satellites with any browser

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Turn orbit tracks on for a single satellite, or a group of satellites #67

Open shentonfreude opened 11 years ago

shentonfreude commented 11 years ago

Requested by Steve Hasselberg: One of my primary educational objectives in using J-Track was to help students visualize different types of orbits; low earth, geosynchronous and elliptical. Showing orbital tracks is essential. I see this is planned. I would appreciate an easy way to turn tracks on and off, for individual satellites or groups.

Alex-developer commented 11 years ago

Left this on another comment but not sure its visible.

Adding a second pollyline when the sat elevation is about 0, relative to the observer allows for a nice representation of the next pass, see image below

Alex

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