Introduction

A python based astrodynamics toolkit.

This project uses SpiceyPy to read NAIF's SPICE.

Requirements

This project requires:

• Python 3

• Spiceypy

  Install via: pip3 install spiceypy

Installation

1. Download this repository. Let's say you store it in /path-to-repo/spyce/

2. Go to the directory and run

   pip3 setup.py install

3. Download the following Binary kernels from JPL’s website. These are data files that store the ephemerides. Use FTP, to make this process simple.

   • https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/spk/planets/de435.bsp

   • All files in the folder https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/spk/satellites/

   • Skip the folder a_old_version.

   • All the files in the folder: https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/lsk/

Examples

A few example programs can be found in example folder.