Orbit (dorado.scheduling.Orbit)#

class dorado.scheduling.Orbit#

Bases: object

Base class for an Earth satellite with a specified orbit.

property period#

The orbital period.

is_night(time)#

Determine if the spacecraft is in orbit night.

Parameters:

time (astropy.time.Time) – The time of the observation.

Returns:

True when the spacecraft is in orbit night, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool, np.ndarray