A satellite footprint visualisation tool
P. Daum · Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) · 2005
This thesis concerns the development of a numerical software tool for propagating and visualising orbits of artificial bodies orbiting the Earth and the calculation of magnetic conjunctions between these objects and the ground.The developed toolbox Vis Sat enables the users to visualise the trajectories of satellites under different parameters and to estimate the visibility of a satellite to maintain efficient satellite ground communication links.The trajectory predictions enables the user to visualise the magnetic conjunctions for "space weather" studies by plotting the northern and southern footprint of the magnetic field line.The toolbox Vis Sat , the online documentation and all functions can be downloaded from the following website http://www.vissat.net.msAlso there is an attached CD-ROM with all functions and models used in the thesis..