Add support for space-track.org in TLE Network Update
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 22/100
Research direction
The payload names no files or functions, so start by finding the existing TLE network update code in the gpredict repository and how it fetches data. The space-track.org REST API needs a login, so the change must handle authentication before downloading TLEs. Done means a user can supply credentials and pull TLEs for the space-track catalogue. This is open-ended and has no assignee or pull request, and it has been quiet for about four years, so confirm with maintainers before starting.
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Description
space-track.org is a database maintained by the United States Space Force of all (non-classified) objects that the USSF is currently tracking. Access is allowed for the general public, but requires creating a login, therefore a simple URL cannot be used to allow network updating. However, there is a REST API to allow downloading data from the database.
Adding support for using this API to access the space-track database will allow users to greatly expand the number of supported satellites in GPredict, without having to manually update the TLEs
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
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- Forks
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- Avg merge
- 8h 48m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
Getting set up
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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