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thkruz / keeptrack.space

🌎📡 TypeScript Astrodynamics Software for Non-Engineers. 3D Visualization of satellite data and the sensors that track them.
http://keeptrack.space
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High Altitude Satellites Break Sun and Camera #856

Open thkruz opened 8 months ago

thkruz commented 8 months ago

I searched for Spektr-R which has an apogee of 337319km. The universe is modeled in a Geocentric/Ptolemaic style where it is a sphere around earth that is 250000km in every direction. If the satellite selected has an altitude outside of the universe, then rotating the camera will move the milky way, sun, and moon.

Best fix I have thought of is moving the universe around the camera instead of around the earth. This will necessitate clipping satellites at far distances. Low priority.

thkruz commented 4 weeks ago

This needs to be reverified on current version.