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Add in derived values for ndot and nddot if not obtained from TLE #29

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interplanetarychris opened this issue Mar 2, 2020 · 0 comments

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interplanetarychris commented Mar 2, 2020

Derive mean_motion_derivative (ndot) and mean_motion_sec_derivative (nddot) if not available from TLE.

https://github.com/consensys-space/trusat-orbit/blob/00bf2f2a9f674e03e4b01fbc73fb1bb48e6df494/tle_util.py#L422

SGP4 units:
satrec.ndot = satrec.ndot / (xpdotp1440.0);
satrec.nddot= satrec.nddot / (xpdotp1440.0*1440);

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