LoadNORAD:

Path: Orbit/OrbitMechanics

% Load a set of historical NORAD elements and convert to Cartesian states.
   Calls NORAD. May take a few minutes for very long files.
   See http://celestrak.com/NORAD/archives/ for historical data sets.
   This function has a built-in demo using historical data for Mir.
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   Form:
   [r, v, jD, s, x] = LoadNORAD( fName, model, kMax )
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   Inputs
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   fName    (:)     File name
   model    (:)     Propagation model, SGP, SGP4, etc.
   kMax    (1,1)    Maximum number of points to get (default: 1e4)

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   Outputs
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   r       (3,:)    Position vectors
   v       (3,:)    Velocity vectors
   jD      (1,:)    Epoch, in Julian date
   s        {:}     Cell array of element set strings
   x        (:)     Data structure of NORAD info

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Children:

Orbit: OrbitMechanics/NORAD
Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Graphics/Plot3D
Common: Graphics/TimeLabl
Common: Time/Date2JD

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