Questions regarding the path of a point directly below an object in space.
Questions tagged [ground-track]
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What does the ISS ground track look like during periods of high solar beta?
These tweets about how sometimes the sun doesn't set on the International Space Station for multiple days made me realize I still have trouble visualizing solar beta angles.
Does anyone have a projection of the ISS ground track, with the…
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What is the ground track map at ground control used for?
My earliest and also most-recent memories of the interiors of ground control stations feature a huge wall of monitors, with the largest and most-central displaying the ground track of the vessel under control.
My question is: what sorts of purposes…
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Satellite Ground Track From ECEF Frame Position And Velocity Vector
The above question may sound naive. I am trying to understand how satellite ground track can be computed when satellite position and velocity vectors are available from on-board GPS receiver of a low earth orbiting satellite.
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