The OrbitTools Libraries
NORAD SGP4/SDP4 Implementations in C++ and C#
by
Michael F. Henry

Track Library Source Code Example #2
 

//
// This program illustrates how to use the OrbitTools Track Library to
// create a set of LAT/LON points that represent a satellite ground
// track.
// 
// Copyright © 2012-2014 Michael F. Henry
// 2014-07-07
//
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Zeptomoby.OrbitTools;
using Zeptomoby.OrbitTools.Pro;
using Zeptomoby.OrbitTools.Track;

namespace TrackExample2
{
   class Program
   {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         // Create the TLE object, and the corresponding Satellite object
         Tle tle = new Tle(
            "GPS BIIF-2  (PRN 01)",
            "1 37753U 11036A   12043.26600496  .00000050  00000-0  00000+0 0  1793",
            "2 37753  55.0122 178.4391 0003903  34.9135 325.0832  2.00565114  4219");

         Satellite sat = new Satellite(tle, new Wgs84());

         // The times t1 and t2 are the start/stop times of the ground track.
         DateTime t1 = new DateTime(2012, 02, 14, 1, 30, 0); // UTC: 2012-02-14 01:30
         DateTime t2 = t1 + sat.Orbit.Period;

         // There are several overloads of the GroundTrack() method, to allow:
         //    - Specifying times with DateTime objects;
         //    - Specifying times with minutes-past-epoch values;
         //    - Obtaining LAT/LON points that are equally-spaced in distance;
         //    - Obtaining LAT/LON points that are equally-spaced in time.
         // In this example a list of ground track points are created for the
         // time window t1..t2 with a distance spacing of 100 kilometers.
         IList<GeoTime> points = sat.GroundTrack(t1, t2, 100.0);

         Console.WriteLine("Total number of ground track points: {0}", points.Count);

         foreach (GeoTime pt in points)
         {
            double lat = pt.LatitudeDeg;   // negative values = south
            double lon = pt.LongitudeDeg;  // negative values = west

            Console.WriteLine("{0:F3}, {1:F3}", lat, lon);
         }

// Program output:
//
// Total number of ground track points: 309
// -29.767, 215.922
// -30.633, 216.230
// -31.489, 216.553
// -32.341, 216.892
// -33.188, 217.250
//    ( output truncated... )
// -26.768, 34.984
// -27.639, 35.239
// -28.507, 35.507
// -29.372, 35.790
// -29.776, 35.928
//
      }
   }
}


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