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Astro-satpass-0.007
River stage one • 7 direct dependents • 8 total dependents
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Changes for version 0.007

  • ECI.pm Optimize, mostly by being smarter about when to clear cached coordinates. Correct spelling in POD. ECI/Moon.pm Change die to confess on programming error. Correct spelling in POD. ECI/Star.pm Correct spelling in POD. ECI/Sun.pm Correct spelling in POD. ECI/TLE.pm Modify internals for easier cache clearing. Better documentation of 'mean anomaly'. Correct spelling in POD. Trap invalid effective eccentricity in sgp4. The underlying cause of the problem is probably either an invalid TLE or using the TLE past its 'good until' date. ECI/Utils.pm Change die to confess on programming error. Correct spelling in POD. Makefile.PL Get rid of wrong-headed attempt to configure optional modules. bin/satpass Various documentation corrections. Correct spelling in POD. Add store() and retrieve() as interface to Storable. Centralize tilde expansion, and do it on cd(), load(), retrieve (), source(), store (), Preprocess -start and -end options of st(), to make dates consistent with the rest of satpass. Add -initialization_file command option. Add -optional option on source(). Add localize(), and macro/source call frames to support this. Add localize subcommand to st(). Make 'st show' a synonym for 'st get', and make 'st get' without arguments show all settings. Add test hooks, and a test to exercise the more arcane functions of the script. Add -source_layer and -retry_on_zero options to height_us(). Add a separate height_ca() method that makes use of the above options when delegating to height_us(), in response to anomalous responses to height queries. Fix problem displaying appulses in pass(). Make the position() display positions for a range of times. Add -realtime option to position() to display positions in near-real-time. Add drop(). Fix formatting of error messages from the local coordinate formatters. Have position() display epoch and illumination when displaying objects from the observing list.

Documentation

satpass
Predict satellite passes over an observer.

Modules

Astro::Coord::ECI
Manipulate geocentric coordinates
Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon
Compute the position of the Moon.
Astro::Coord::ECI::Star
Compute the position of a star.
Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun
Compute the position of the Sun.
Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE
Compute satellite locations using NORAD orbit propagation models
Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils
Utility routines for astronomical calculations

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