JUICE cruise trajectory

Example of interplanetary cruise trajectory.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from planetary_coverage import TourConfig
from planetary_coverage.ticks import date_ticks, km_ticks

Compute the distance to Jupiter during the cruise phase

tour = TourConfig(mk='5.1 150lb', spacecraft='JUICE', target='JUPITER', version='v400')

traj = tour['2023-04-06': '2031-06-01': '1 day']

traj

<SpacecraftTrajectory> Observer: JUICE | Target: JUPITER
 - UTC start time: 2023-04-06T00:00:00.000
 - UTC stop time: 2031-06-01T00:00:00.000
 - Nb of pts: 2,979

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 7))
ax = fig.add_subplot()

ax.plot(traj.utc, traj.dist)

ax.set_ylabel('JUICE distance to JUPITER')
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(date_ticks)
ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(km_ticks)

plt.show()

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• juice_cruise.py