def geojson():
# Test TLE for Hubble Space Telescope
line1 = ('1 20580U 90037B 14101.16170949 '
'.00002879 00000-0 18535-3 0 4781')
line2 = ('2 20580 028.4694 117.6639 0002957 '
'290.9180 143.6730 15.05140277114603')
satellite = twoline2rv(line1, line2, wgs72)
date = datetime(2000, 6, 29, 12, 46, 19)
delta = timedelta(minutes=1)
# empty array for GeoJSON LineString for groundtrack plotting
points = []
# Loop in one-minute steps to calculate track
for n in range(0, 90):
#print date
position, velocity = satellite.propagate(date.year, date.month, date.day,
date.hour, date.minute, date.second)
#print position
#print velocity
lat, gmra, alt = groundtrack(position)
#print str(lat)
#print str(gmra)
#print str(alt)
gmst = utcDatetime2gmst(date)
#print gmst
lon = (gmst * 15.0) - gmra
lon = ((lon + 180.0) % 360.0) - 180.0
#print lon
# add current point coordinates to GeoJSON LineString array
points.append([lon, lat])
date = date+delta
# Generate GeoJSON LineString for groundtrack
line = {"type": "LineString", "coordinates": points}
# Bottle function returns dict as JSON
return line
delta = timedelta(minutes=1) position, velocity = satellite.propagate(date.year, date.month, date.day, date.hour, date.minute, date.second) print position print velocity lat, gmra, alt = groundtrack(position) print str(lat) print str(gmra) print str(alt) gmst = utcDatetime2gmst(date) print gmst lon = (gmst * 15.0) - gmra lonraw = lon lon = ((lon + 180.0) % 360.0) - 180.0 print lonraw print lon date2 = date+delta print date2