/* obs_test.cpp 12 December 2002 An example 'main' function illustrating how to find which satellite(s) are within a given radius of a given RA/dec, as seen from a given point. The code reads in a TLE file (name provided as the first command-line argument). Details of the observer position, search radius, date/time, and RA/dec are provided on the command line. For example: obs_tes2 alldat.tle -l44.01,-69.9,10 -p90,30 -j2452623.5 -r10 would hunt through the TLE element file 'alldat.tle' for satellites visible from latitude +44.01, longitude -69.9, altitude 10 metres; at RA=90 degrees (6h), dec=+30; on JD 2452623.5 (UTC); within a ten-degree search radius. (All of these are the default values.) The output looks like this: NORAD Int'l RA (J2000) dec Delta Radius PA Speed 08593U 74089DG 88.7235 22.9622 2293.0 7.15 225 10.75 15830U 85049D 82.5051 34.9711 32143.6 8.99 34 0.24 17642U 81053LQ 88.1471 32.6585 1428.5 3.24 213 17.60 21833U 91088A 80.6400 27.9649 36216.6 9.58 87 0.17 ...with 'delta'=distance to satellite in km, 'radius'=angular distance in degrees from the search point, 'PA' = position angle of motion, 'Speed' = apparent angular rate of motion in arcminutes/second (or degrees/minute). */ #include #include #include #include #include "norad.h" #include "observe.h" #define PI 3.141592653589793238462643383279 #define TIME_EPSILON (1./86400.) int main( int argc, char **argv) { const char *tle_file_name = ((argc == 1) ? "alldat.tle" : argv[1]); FILE *ifile = fopen( tle_file_name, "rb"); char line1[100], line2[100]; double lat = 44.01, lon = -69.9, ht_in_meters = 10.; double jd = 2452623.5; /* 15 Dec 2002 0h UT */ double search_radius = 10.; /* default to ten-degree search */ double target_ra = 90., target_dec = 30.; /* default search is at RA=6h, dec=+30 */ double rho_sin_phi, rho_cos_phi, observer_loc[3], observer_loc2[3]; int i, header_line_shown = 0; if( !ifile) { printf( "Couldn't open input file %s\n", tle_file_name); exit( -1); } for( i = 1; i < argc; i++) if( argv[i][0] == '-') switch( argv[i][1]) { case 'l': sscanf( argv[i] + 2, "%lf,%lf,%lf", &lat, &lon, &ht_in_meters); break; case 'p': sscanf( argv[i] + 2, "%lf,%lf", &target_ra, &target_dec); break; case 'j': jd = atof( argv[i] + 2); break; case 'r': search_radius = atof( argv[i] + 2); break; default: printf( "Unrecognized command-line option '%s'\n", argv[i]); exit( -2); break; } /* Figure out where the observer _really_ is, in Cartesian */ /* coordinates of date: */ lat_alt_to_parallax( lat * PI / 180., ht_in_meters, &rho_cos_phi, &rho_sin_phi); observer_cartesian_coords( jd, lon * PI / 180., rho_cos_phi, rho_sin_phi, observer_loc); observer_cartesian_coords( jd + TIME_EPSILON, lon * PI / 180., rho_cos_phi, rho_sin_phi, observer_loc2); target_ra *= PI / 180.; target_dec *= PI / 180.; fgets( line1, sizeof( line1), ifile); while( fgets( line2, sizeof( line2), ifile)) { tle_t tle; /* Structure for two-line elements set for satellite */ if( !parse_elements( line1, line2, &tle)) /* hey! we got a TLE! */ { int is_deep = select_ephemeris( &tle); double sat_params[N_SAT_PARAMS], radius, d_ra, d_dec; double ra, dec, dist_to_satellite, t_since; double pos[3]; /* Satellite position vector */ double unused_delta2; t_since = (jd - tle.epoch) * 1440.; if( is_deep) { SDP4_init( sat_params, &tle); SDP4( t_since, &tle, sat_params, pos, NULL); } else { SGP4_init( sat_params, &tle); SGP4( t_since, &tle, sat_params, pos, NULL); } get_satellite_ra_dec_delta( observer_loc, pos, &ra, &dec, &dist_to_satellite); epoch_of_date_to_j2000( jd, &ra, &dec); d_ra = (ra - target_ra + PI * 4.); while( d_ra > PI) d_ra -= PI + PI; d_dec = dec - target_dec; radius = sqrt( d_ra * d_ra + d_dec * d_dec) * 180. / PI; if( radius < search_radius) /* good enough for us! */ { double speed, posn_ang_of_motion; line1[16] = '\0'; if( !header_line_shown) { printf( "NORAD Int'l RA (J2000) dec Delta Radius PA Speed\n"); header_line_shown = 1; } /* Compute position one second later, so we */ /* can show speed/PA of motion: */ t_since += TIME_EPSILON * 1440.; if( is_deep) SDP4( t_since, &tle, sat_params, pos, NULL); else SGP4( t_since, &tle, sat_params, pos, NULL); get_satellite_ra_dec_delta( observer_loc2, pos, &d_ra, &d_dec, &unused_delta2); epoch_of_date_to_j2000( jd, &d_ra, &d_dec); d_ra -= ra; d_dec -= dec; while( d_ra > PI) d_ra -= PI + PI; while( d_ra < -PI) d_ra += PI + PI; d_ra *= cos( dec); posn_ang_of_motion = atan2( d_ra, d_dec); if( posn_ang_of_motion < 0.) posn_ang_of_motion += PI + PI; speed = sqrt( d_ra * d_ra + d_dec * d_dec) * 180. / PI; /* Put RA into 0 to 2pi range: */ ra = fmod( ra + PI * 10., PI + PI); printf( "%s %8.4lf %8.4lf %8.1lf %5.2lf %3d %5.2lf\n", line1 + 2, ra * 180. / PI, dec * 180. / PI, dist_to_satellite, radius, (int)(posn_ang_of_motion * 180 / PI), speed * 60.); /* "Speed" is displayed in arcminutes/second, or in degrees/minute */ } } strcpy( line1, line2); } fclose( ifile); return( 0); } /* End of main() */