In my attempt to convert vectors to tle I came across RV2TLE_KM.exe
More information at: http://sat.belastro.net/satelliteorbitdetermination.com/
Below an example, but now the big question, do these make sense?
- input file:
P:\>type VEC_KM.TXT
-1984.48310589869
-6096.88147152506
2583.05986240779
-0.130403441318205
3.00958857801972
7.002126958
6.97390007195636
- Interactive program and output:
P:\>RV2TLE_KM.exe
name :VV16
ssn [12345]: 99991
desig [12345A]: 99991A
bstar [10000-4]:
Enter TLE Epoch
Year [2020]:
Month [6]:
Day [26]:
Hour [9]:
Minute [49]:
Second [8]:
VV16
1 99991U 99991A 020178.40912037 0.00000000 00000-0 10000-4 0 6
2 99991 97.3829 254.9647 0071842 12.2389 9.8641 14.94541414 06
[exit]
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VV16-error
1 99991U 99991A 020178.40912037 0.00000000 00000-0 10000-4 0 6
2 99991 97.3829 254.9647 0071842 12.2389 9.8641 14.94541414 06
VV16-corrected
1 99991U 99991A 20178.40912037 +.00000000 +00000-0 10000-4 0 6
2 99991 97.3829 254.9647 0071842 12.2389 9.8641 14.94541414 06
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rv2tle available at https://github.com/cbassa/sattools
syntax: rv2tle -i -i -d
example: rv2tle -i vec.txt -i 99991 -d 20050A
vec.txt
syntax: MJD [Modified Julian Date] x y z vx vy vz [km/km/s]
example: 59028.14829195195 -1983.2368986279 -6123.14431568009 2521.39798828105 -0.151890429292193 2.94366617210922 7.00212695816602
Modified Julian Date conversion:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/xTime/xTime.pl?time_in_i=&time_in_c=&time_in_d=&time_in_j=&time_in_m=59028.14829195195&time_in_sf=&time_in_wf=&time_in_ii=&time_in_sl=&time_in_sni=&time_in_snu=&time_in_s=&time_in_h=&time_in_sz=&time_in_ss=&time_in_sn=×ys_in=u×ys_out=u&apply_clock_offset=yes