EarthFixedObserverLocation#

class m4opt.observer.EarthFixedObserverLocation(*args, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]#

Bases: ObserverLocation, EarthLocation

An observer at a fixed location on the surface of the Earth.

>>> from astropy.time import Time
>>> from m4opt.observer import EarthFixedObserverLocation
>>> observer = EarthFixedObserverLocation.of_site("LSST")
>>> observer(Time.now())
<EarthFixedObserverLocation (1818939.00669747, -5208471.0353078, -3195171.4154367) m>

Methods Summary

__call__(_)

Get the position and velocity of the satellite.

Methods Documentation

__call__(_)[source] [edit on github]#

Get the position and velocity of the satellite.

Parameters:: time – The time of the observation.
Returns:: The Earth-relative coordinates of the satellite.