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Orbits.js

A small library to display satellite orbits from two-line elements via Google Maps.

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Example usage

var myMap = new google.maps.Map(...);
var myTLE = new orbits.TLE(tle_text);
var mySat = new orbits.Satellite({ map: myMap, tle: myTLE});

// You can also parse a file containing many TLEs
var TLE_Array = orbits.util.praseTLE(tle_text);

Documentation

Explore the library from here.

Library based on

• Models for Propagation of NORAD Element Sets By Felix R. Hoots and Ronald L. Roehrichm, December 1980
• Orbital Coordinate Systems, Part III By Dr. T.S. Kelso