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