public static void calculateSatellitePosition(string catalogID, Site site)
{
// update TLE values
if (dataObject.getLatestN(satelliteList, numTLEs)) { writeConfigSatelliteFile(); }
Satellite theSat;
dataObject.satelliteList.TryGetValue(catalogID, out theSat);
TLE tle = new TLE(theSat.TLEs[0].name, theSat.TLEs[0].line1, theSat.TLEs[0].line2);
// Create an orbit object using the TLE object.
Orbit orbit = new Orbit(tle);
// Get the location of the satellite from the Orbit object. The
// earth-centered inertial information is placed into eciSDP4.
// Here we ask for the location of the satellite 90 minutes after
// the TLE epoch.
//EciTime eciSDP4 = orbitSDP4.GetPosition(90.0);
// get the position, as of NOW!!!
EciTime eciSDP4 = orbit.GetPosition((DateTime.UtcNow - orbit.EpochTime).TotalMinutes);
Console.Write("\n TSINCE X Y Z\n");
Console.Write("{0,12} {1,19:f8} {2,19:f8} {3,19:f8}\n",
DateTime.UtcNow.ToString(),
eciSDP4.Position.X,
eciSDP4.Position.Y,
eciSDP4.Position.Z);
Console.Write("\n XVEL YVEL ZVEL\n");
Console.Write("{0,38:f8} {1,20:f8} {2,20:f8}\n",
eciSDP4.Velocity.X,
eciSDP4.Velocity.Y,
eciSDP4.Velocity.Z);
// Now get the "look angle" from the site to the satellite.
// Note that the ECI object "eciSDP4" has a time associated
// with the coordinates it contains; this is the time at which
// the look angle is valid.
Topo topoLook = site.GetLookAngle(eciSDP4);
// Print out the results. Note that the Azimuth and Elevation are
// stored in the CoordTopo object as radians. Here we convert
// to degrees using Rad2Deg()
Console.Write("\n{0,15} - AZ: {1:f3} EL: {2:f3}\n", tle.Name, topoLook.AzimuthDeg, topoLook.ElevationDeg);
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------------");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//TODO: implement iterator for TLEs in satellite class, satellites in datastore class
//TODO: get cookie that is valid for longer, store in XML
// Sample code to test the SGP4 and SDP4 implementation. The test
// TLEs come from the NORAD document "Space Track Report No. 3".
filename = @"satellites.xml";
satelliteList = new string[] { "25544", "37820", "39412", "39414", "39506", "36086", "39567", "39570", "39622", "39648", "39571", };
readConfigSatelliteFile();
dataObject.authenticate();
if (dataObject.getLatestN(satelliteList, numTLEs)) { writeConfigSatelliteFile(); }
// Test SGP4
//string str1 = "SGP4 Test";
//string str2 = "1 88888U 80275.98708465 .00073094 13844-3 66816-4 0 8";
//string str3 = "2 88888 72.8435 115.9689 0086731 52.6988 110.5714 16.05824518 105";
//Satellite otherthing;
//dataObject.satelliteList.TryGetValue(satelliteList[1], out otherthing);
//TLE tle1 = new TLE(otherthing.TLEs[0].name, otherthing.TLEs[0].line1, otherthing.TLEs[0].line2);
//PrintPosVel(tle1);
//Console.WriteLine();
// Test SDP4
//str1 = "SDP4 Test";
//str2 = "1 11801U 80230.29629788 .01431103 00000-0 14311-1 8";
//str3 = "2 11801 46.7916 230.4354 7318036 47.4722 10.4117 2.28537848 6";
// Example: Define a location on the earth, then determine the look-angle
// to the SDP4 satellite defined above.
// First create a site object. Site objects represent a location on the
// surface of the earth. Here we arbitrarily select a point on the
// equator.
//Site siteEquator = new Site(0.0, -100.0, 0); // 0.00 N, 100.00 W, 0 km altitude
//Site siteWinnipeg = new Site(49.8994, -97.1392, 0.232);
Site centerOfEarth = new Site(0, 0, -6378.1);
Timer timer1 = new Timer(250);
timer1.Elapsed += delegate { calculateSatellitePosition(satelliteList[0], centerOfEarth); };
timer1.Start();
Console.ReadLine();
}