lusee.ObservedSatellite

class lusee.ObservedSatellite(observation, satellite)

Class that calculates satellite observables

Parameters:

  • observation (class) – Observation parameters, from lusee.observation class

  • satellite (class) – Satellite parameters, from lusee.satellite class

__init__(observation, satellite)

Methods

__init__(observation, satellite)

alt_rad()

Function that returns satellite altitude in radians

az_rad()

Function that returns satellite azimuth in radians

dist_km()

Function that returns distance to satellite in km

get_track_coverage([Nphi, Nmu])

Function that returns array of alt-az bins showing where satellite transit passed.

get_transit_indices()

Function that returns an array of transit indices for satellite and observation times specified in ObservedSatellite class

plot_tracks(ax[, lin_map])

Function that plots satellite trajectories