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- "Mir" "Sol/Earth"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "mir.3ds"
- Radius 0.0165 # Mir is 33 meters long
- Beginning 2446482.0 # Launched 20 Feb 1986
- Ending 2451989.77083 # Reentered 21 Mar 2001
-
- # Assuming these elements to be constant isn't accurate . . .
- # Celestia really needs to support better orbit models.
- EllipticalOrbit {
- Period 0.06415338
- SemiMajorAxis 6769
- Eccentricity 0.0000831
- Inclination 51.6461
- AscendingNode 83.8459
- ArgOfPericenter 296.4901
- MeanAnomaly 63.6005
- }
-
- Obliquity 51.6461
- RotationOffset 180
- EquatorAscendingNode 83.8459
-
- Albedo 0.10
- }
-
- "ISS" "Sol/Earth"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "iss.3ds"
- Radius 0.040
- Beginning 2451138 # Zarya module launched 20 Nov 1998
- # Ending ????
-
- EllipticalOrbit {
- Period 0.064176392
- SemiMajorAxis 6767
- Eccentricity 0.0016886
- Inclination 51.5684
- AscendingNode 343.1518
- ArgOfPericenter 346.2476
- MeanAnomaly 13.8216
- Epoch 2452028.18381755
- }
-
- Obliquity 51.5684 #
- RotationOffset 90 #orientation corrections by Matt McIrvin
- EquatorAscendingNode 343.1518 #
-
- Albedo 0.10
- }
-
- "Hubble" "Sol/Earth"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "hubble.3ds"
- Radius 0.007 # 14 meters across
- Beginning 2448007 # Deployed 25 April 1990
- # Ending 2010?
-
- EllipticalOrbit {
- Period 0.06903
- SemiMajorAxis 6767
- Eccentricity 0.0012082
- Inclination 28.4675
- AscendingNode 51.0100
- ArgOfPericenter 27.0378
- MeanAnomaly 333.0836
- Epoch 2452028.18381755
- }
-
- Albedo 0.10
- }
-
- "Galileo" "Sol"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "galileo.3ds"
- Radius 0.01
-
- InfoURL "http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov"
-
- Beginning "1989 10 19 02:47" # Launch
- Ending "2003 9 21 10:44" # Crash into Jupiter
-
- SampledOrbit "galileo.xyz"
- EllipticalOrbit
- {
- Period 64.4068
- SemiMajorAxis 4632880
- Eccentricity 0.831774
- Inclination 4.213
- AscendingNode 59.562
- ArgOfPericenter 97.224
- TrueAnomaly -66.619
- }
-
- RotationPeriod 1.0e9 # Essentially no rotation . . .
- Orientation [ 90 0 1 0 ]
-
- Albedo 0.50
- }
-
- "Cassini" "Sol"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "cassini.3ds"
- Radius 0.011
-
- InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"
-
- Beginning 2450736.893877314 # 1997 Oct 15 09:27:11
-
- SampledOrbit "cassini.xyz"
-
- RotationPeriod 1e9
- }
-
-
- "Huygens (with Cassini)" "Sol/Cassini"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "huygens.3ds"
- Radius 0.00135
-
- InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"
-
- Beginning 2450736.893877314 # 1997 Oct 15 09:27:11
- Ending 2453364.5847 # 2004 Dec 25 02:01:58
-
- EllipticalOrbit {
- SemiMajorAxis 0.0013
- Period 1e9
- Inclination 5
- AscendingNode 270
- MeanAnomaly 270
- }
- }
-
- "Huygens (free flight)" "Sol"
- {
- Class "spacecraft"
- Mesh "huygens.3ds"
- Radius 0.00135
-
- InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"
-
- Beginning 2453364.5847 # 2004 Dec 25 02:01:58
- Ending 2453384.8750 # 2005 Jan 14 09:00:00
-
- SampledOrbit "huygens.xyz"
-
- Orientation [ 90 0 0 1 ]
- Obliquity 70
- RotationPeriod 0.01
- }
-