Ground Track Plots – ephemerista.plot.groundtrack

The groundtrack.py module.

This module provides the GroundTrack class for plotting satellite ground tracks with plotly.

class ephemerista.plot.groundtrack.GroundTrack(trajectory, *, animate=False, label=None, title=None, projection=None, config=None)

A class for plotting satellite ground tracks in various projections.

animate(*, show=True)

Animate the ground track plot.

Parameters:

show (bool, optional) – Update the plot or pass show=True to display the plot immediately. Defaults to True.

plot()

Plot the ground track.

plot_ground_station_network(network, color=None, size=None)

Plot the locations of all ground stations in a list on the map.

Parameters:

  • network (list[GroundStation]:) – A list of ground stations

  • color (str, optional) – Colour of the ground station marker. Defaults to DEFAULT_GROUND_STATION_COLOR.

  • size (float, optional) – Size of the ground station marker. Defaults to DEFAULT_GROUND_STATION_SIZE.

plot_groundstation(gs, color=None, size=None, name=None, hovertext=None)

Plot a GroundStation’s location on the map.

Parameters:

  • gs (GroundStation)) – Ground station object

  • color (str, optional)) – Colour of the ground station marker. Defaults to DEFAULT_GROUND_STATION_COLOR.

  • size (float, optional)) – Size of the ground station marker. Defaults to DEFAULT_GROUND_STATION_SIZE.

  • name (str, optional)) – Name of the ground station. Defaults to GroundStation.name.

  • hovertext (str, optional)) – Desired hover text info for the ground station. Defaults to GroundStation.name.

Return type:

None

update_projection(p)

Update the map projection.

Return type:

None