Inclined Orbit around the Earth...

spacedonkey · Post #1by **spacedonkey** » 17.02.2006, 16:45

I would like to have a view looking downwards from a satellite that is in an inclined orbit around the Earth, such as the ISS orbit inclined at around 50 degrees. Is this possible? Any example scriptsa would be very much appreciated.

For the future...it would be fantastic if Celestia could accept two line element sets (TLEs) and adopt the orbit described accordingly!

Post #2by **selden** » 17.02.2006, 19:40

You'll need to create an SSC which defines a body (perhaps Class "invisible") in the inclined orbit. Then your viewpoint can follow that body.

buggs_moran · Post #3by **buggs_moran** » 17.02.2006, 19:53

selden wrote:That is a "TLE" format of orbital parameters, short for Two Line Elements. I'll leave it to you to look up the details.

A spreadsheet that converts TLEs into Celetia's SSC format is available at
http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... ets.html#3

Best thing to do is to search the forum first. This was the first note with a search of "TLE"