openspace.space

Functions overview

Name	Documentation
convertFromRaDec	Returns the cartesian world position of a ra dec coordinate with distance
convertToRaDec	Returns the formatted ra, dec strings and distance for a given cartesian world coordinate
readKeplerFile
tleToSpiceTranslation	Takes the provided TLE file, converts it into a SPICE kernel and returns a SpiceTranslation instance that can be used to access the information in the TLE file using SPICE’s superior integral solver

Functions

convertFromRaDec

Returns the cartesian world position of a ra dec coordinate with distance. If the coordinate is given as strings the format should be ra ‘XhYmZs’ and dec ‘XdYmZs’. If the coordinate is given as numbers the values should be in degrees.

Parameters

• rightAscension Number | String

• declination Number | String

• distance Number

Return type: vec3

Signature

openspace.space.convertFromRaDec(rightAscension, declination, distance)

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convertToRaDec

Returns the formatted ra, dec strings and distance for a given cartesian world coordinate.

Parameters

• x Number

• y Number

• z Number

Return type: (String, String, Number)

Signature

openspace.space.convertToRaDec(x, y, z)

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readKeplerFile

Parameters

• p Path

• type String

Return type: Table[]

Signature

openspace.space.readKeplerFile(p, type)

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tleToSpiceTranslation

Takes the provided TLE file, converts it into a SPICE kernel and returns a SpiceTranslation instance that can be used to access the information in the TLE file using SPICE’s superior integral solver.

    The second return value is the spice kernel that should be loaded and unloaded by
    whoever called this function.

Parameters

• tlePath String

Return type: { Translation, SpiceKernel }

Signature

openspace.space.tleToSpiceTranslation(tlePath)