SATCAT (Satellite Catalogue)

• Format definition: http://www.celestrak.com/satcat/satcat-format.asp
• Raw data (approx. 5MB): http://www.celestrak.com/pub/satcat.txt

Install via npm

$ npm install --save satcat

Usage

var Satcat = require( 'satcat' )

Parsing a Stream

var parser = new Satcat.Parser()

http.get( 'http://www.celestrak.com/pub/satcat.txt', function( response ) {
  response.pipe( parser )
})

parser.on( 'readable', function() {
  var satellite = null
  while( satellite = this.read() ) {
    // ...
  }
})

Parsing a Record

var record = `1957-001B    00002  *D SPUTNIK 1                 CIS    1957-10-04  TYMSC  1958-01-03     96.1   65.0     945     227     N/A       `
var satellite = Satcat.Satellite.parse( record )

Satellite {
  id: '1957-001B',
  catalogNumber: '00002',
  multipleNames: false,
  payload: true,
  status: 'D',
  name: 'SPUTNIK 1',
  source: 'CIS',
  launchDate: 1957-10-04T00:00:00.000Z,
  launchSite: 'TYMSC',
  decayDate: 1958-01-03T00:00:00.000Z,
  orbitalPeriod: 96.1,
  inclination: 65,
  apogeeAltitude: 945,
  perigeeAltitude: 227,
  radarCrossSection: NaN,
  orbitalStatus: ''
}

Benchmarks

$ npm run benchmark

Parsed 42972 records in 0.140 ms

Examples

• node example/http - Streaming the Celestrak Satellite Catalogue
• node example/file - Parsing & outputting the test data