Re: Ballistic launch trajectory code
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- Subject: [mg110432] Re: Ballistic launch trajectory code
- From: Chris Pemberton <cjpembo at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:23:51 -0400 (EDT)
On 06/17/2010 01:04 AM, Dan wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could point me toward a Mathematica based > code or a package, commercial or otherwise, that can compute a > ballistic launch trajectory. I am envisioning something that provides > position, velocity, and acceleration state vectors as a function of > time in an earth centered inertial frame. Ideally, this would make use > of a standard gravitational model such as the one used in SGP4. I have > ported SGP4 to Mathematica, and I would like to add this function to > my tool suite. > > Thanks in advance, > Dan Flatin > > Darn it Kim Jong-il, is that you? I told you _never_ contact the list members; just lurk and learn. Anyway, it's all in that thumb drive I sent you last summer; look in the "Family Vacation Pics" folder. Yours, V. Putin