swot_simulator.orbit_propagator.load_ephemeris

swot_simulator.orbit_propagator.load_ephemeris(stream: TextIO, cols: Optional[Tuple[int, int, int]] = None) → Tuple[Dict[str, float], Tuple]

Loads a tabular file describing a satellite orbit.

Parameters

• stream (TextIO) – Stream to the text file to be processed.

• cols (tuple) – A tuple of 3 elements describing the columns representing the longitude, latitude and number of seconds elapsed since the beginning of the orbit.

Returns

A tuple of 2 elements containing the properties of the orbit and the positions of the satellite.

Return type

tuple