Finally, a TLE parser and generator for Rust.
A two-line element set (TLE) is a compact representation of a satellite's orbit. A TLE looks like this:
ISS (ZARYA)
1 25544U 98067A 08264.51782528 -.00002182 00000-0 -11606-4 0 2927
2 25544 51.6416 247.4627 0006703 130.5360 325.0288 15.72125391563537
You might notice:
- It's three lines long (not two)
- It's basically unreadable gibberish
- ZERO emojis. Literally none in that example 😑🙄
SO WITH THAT IN MIND
DON'T USE TLE'S UNLESS YOU'RE SUPPORTING LEGACY SOFTWARE
LIKE ONLY IF YOU ARE LITERALLY USING PUNCH CARDS
New software should use something like JSON or protobuf for serializing orbit data.
let s = String::from("ISS (ZARYA)\n1 25544U 98067A 08264.51782528 -.00002182 00000-0 -11606-4 0 2927\n2 25544 51.6416 247.4627 0006703 130.5360 325.0288 15.72125391563537");
let iss_tle = tle::parse_tle(&s);
// Now you can access the fields
assert_eq!(iss_tle.name, "ISS (ZARYA)");
// Debug print is friendly
println!("{:?}", iss_tle);
// Display print is the original format (but might not be exact b/c floating point math)
println!("{}", iss_tle);Reference Material