celest 0.1.9

Satellite positional representation and encounter planning library.

Celest

The Celest library is designed to provide a simple interface for satellite positional representations and encounter planning.

• Documentation: https://celest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Source Code: https://github.com/JaiWillems/Celest
• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Celest/
• Bug Report or Feature Request: https://github.com/JaiWillems/Celest/issues

Celest provides:

• Fast orbital conversions between ECI, ECEF, and Horizontal coordinate systems.
• Encounter generation and planning.

Installation

Celest can be installed from PyPI with the following command:

pip install Celest

Release 0.2.0 Features

The Celest 0.2.0 release will include:

• Test driven development,
• Improved specific and general encounter statistics,
• Sun-encounter constraint angle,
• Analytical pass analysis method,
• ECEF and Geographical coordinate conversions,
• Sexagesimal formatting option for angular outputs,
• Astronomy module for celestial object localization,
• Interpolation-factor parameter for inputed data,
• Public special interpolation methods for all position representations,
• Method for encounter indices return, and
• Faster ECI and ECEF conversions through new multiplication method.

Long Term Release Features

Goals for future Celest features include:

• Encounter optimization and scheduling algorithm for the Encounter class,
• Improved runtime using multiprocessing, and
• Satellite coordinate conversions for the Equatorial, Ecliptic, Galactic, and Supergalactic coordinate systems with simplicity and efficiency in mind.