In this video I go over what groundtracks are and why they are useful in orbital mechanics. I explain some of the differences between the Earth Centered Inertial frame (ECI) and Earth Centered Earth Fixed frame (ECEF). I demonstrate the differences using rotating 3D visualizations, as well as 2D groundtracks plots of latitude and longitude.
Future videos will go over how to create these groundtracks plots with Python.
Groundtracks playlist:
• Groundtracks
Pre-req videos:
0. Introduction Updated - • Introduction to Orbital Mechanics with Pyt...
1. Introduction / Overview - • Introduction to Orbital Mechanics with Pyt...
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