Orbit Visualizer

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T P F

Uses the selected satellite's a, e, i and ω; replaces all satellites.

Orbit

Selected:

Perigee alt. km Apogee alt. km

Typing perigee/apogee altitudes sets a and e.

Display

Equatorial plane + ♈ direction Perigee / apogee markers + line of apsides Alignment test marker (Riyadh) Auto-fit view when the orbit size changes

Track span (past and future) Tracks: selected satellite only Coverage footprints

Colour selected orbit by speed Equal-time markers (each dot = T/24) Kepler's 2nd law: area swept in T/24

Ground station

Location

Latitude ° Longitude °

…or click anywhere on the map to move the station.

Minimum elevation ε

3D lines to visible satellites

Presets

One click sets every element, the speed and the track span.

Checks

3D · inertial frame (ECI): orbits stay fixed, Earth turns underneath

Ground track (Earth-fixed)

past future footprint (ε = 10°) P / A

Orbit Visualizer EE499 Satellite Communications · two-body Keplerian model