--- jupytext: text_representation: extension: .md format_name: myst format_version: 0.13 jupytext_version: 1.14.0 kernelspec: display_name: Python 3 (ipykernel) language: python name: python3 --- # Detecting Events It is a well-known fact that launching a satellite is a captial-intensive and fuel-exhaustive process. Moreover, maintaining high accuracy and precision in any satellite orbit analysis is paramount to be able to comprehend helpful information from them. Detecing some peculiar phenomena associated with satellites, which we call "events", could provide beneficial insights about their orbit dynamics for further treatment. While some could provide critical scientific information and help us formulate efficient space strategies and policies, the potentially disastrous ones, like satellite collisions, could help us take further steps to prevent such contingencies. This notebook gives a glimpse of `boinor`'s event detection capabilities. The procedure to track an event during an orbit's propagation is fairly simple: 1. Instantiate the desired event class/classes. 2. Pass the `Event` object(s) as an argument to `CowellPropagator`. 3. Detect events! Optionally, the `terminal` and `direction` attributes can be set as required. ```{code-cell} # Imports import numpy as np from numpy.linalg import norm import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import astropy import astropy.units as u from astropy.time import Time from astropy.coordinates import ( CartesianRepresentation, get_body_barycentric_posvel, ) from boinor.bodies import Earth, Sun from boinor.twobody.events import ( AltitudeCrossEvent, LatitudeCrossEvent, NodeCrossEvent, PenumbraEvent, UmbraEvent, ) from boinor.twobody.orbit import Orbit from boinor.twobody.propagation import CowellPropagator from boinor.twobody.sampling import EpochsArray from boinor.util import time_range ``` ## Altitude Crossing Event Let's define some natural perturbation conditions for our orbit so that its altitude decreases with time. ```{code-cell} from boinor.constants import H0_earth, rho0_earth from boinor.core.perturbations import atmospheric_drag_exponential from boinor.core.propagation import func_twobody R = Earth.R.to_value(u.km) # Parameters of the body C_D = 2.2 # Dimensionless (any value would do) A_over_m = ((np.pi / 4.0) * (u.m**2) / (100 * u.kg)).to_value( u.km**2 / u.kg ) # km^2/kg # Parameters of the atmosphere rho0 = rho0_earth.to_value(u.kg / u.km**3) # kg/km^3 H0 = H0_earth.to_value(u.km) # km def f(t0, u_, k): du_kep = func_twobody(t0, u_, k) ax, ay, az = atmospheric_drag_exponential( t0, u_, k, R=R, C_D=C_D, A_over_m=A_over_m, H0=H0, rho0=rho0 ) du_ad = np.array([0, 0, 0, ax, ay, az]) return du_kep + du_ad ``` We shall use the `CowellPropagator` with the above perturbating conditions and pass the events we want to keep track of, in this case only the `AltitudeCrossEvent`. ```{code-cell} tofs = np.arange(0, 2400, 100) << u.s orbit = Orbit.circular(Earth, 150 * u.km) # Define a threshold altitude for crossing. thresh_alt = 50 # in km altitude_cross_event = AltitudeCrossEvent(thresh_alt, R) # Set up the event. events = [altitude_cross_event] method = CowellPropagator(events=events, f=f) rr, _ = orbit.to_ephem( EpochsArray(orbit.epoch + tofs, method=method), ).rv() print( f"The threshold altitude was crossed {altitude_cross_event.last_t} after the orbit's epoch." ) ``` Let's see how did the orbit's altitude vary with time: ```{code-cell} altitudes = np.apply_along_axis( norm, 1, (rr << u.km).value ) - Earth.R.to_value(u.km) plt.plot(tofs[: len(rr)].to_value(u.s), altitudes) plt.title("Altitude variation") plt.ylabel("Altitude (in km)") plt.xlabel("Time (in s)") ``` Refer to the API documentation of the events to check the default values for `terminal` and `direction` and change it as required. ## Latitude Crossing Event Similar to the `AltitudeCrossEvent`, just pass the threshold latitude while instantiating the event. ```{code-cell} orbit = Orbit.from_classical( Earth, 6900 << u.km, 0.75 << u.one, 45 << u.deg, 0 << u.deg, 0 << u.deg, 130 << u.deg, ) ``` ```{code-cell} thresh_lat = 35 << u.deg latitude_cross_event = LatitudeCrossEvent(orbit, thresh_lat, terminal=True) events = [latitude_cross_event] tofs = np.arange(0, 20 * orbit.period.to_value(u.s), 150) << u.s method = CowellPropagator(events=events) rr, _ = orbit.to_ephem(EpochsArray(orbit.epoch + tofs, method=method)).rv() print( f"The threshold latitude was crossed {latitude_cross_event.last_t} s after the orbit's epoch" ) ``` Let's plot the latitude varying with time: ```{code-cell} from boinor.core.spheroid_location import cartesian_to_ellipsoidal latitudes = [] for r in rr: position_on_body = (r / norm(r)) * Earth.R _, lat, _ = cartesian_to_ellipsoidal( Earth.R, Earth.R_polar, *position_on_body ) latitudes.append(np.rad2deg(lat)) plt.plot(tofs[: len(rr)].to_value(u.s), latitudes) plt.title("Latitude variation") plt.ylabel("Latitude (in degrees)") plt.xlabel("Time (in days)") ``` The orbit's latitude would not change after the event was detected since we had set `terminal=True`. Since the attractor is `Earth`, we could use `GroundtrackPlotter` for showing the groundtrack of the orbit on Earth. ```{code-cell} from boinor.earth import EarthSatellite from boinor.earth.plotting import GroundtrackPlotter from boinor.plotting import OrbitPlotter es = EarthSatellite(orbit, None) # Show the groundtrack plot from t_span = time_range(orbit.epoch, end=orbit.epoch + latitude_cross_event.last_t) # Generate ground track plotting instance. gp = GroundtrackPlotter() gp.update_layout(title="Latitude Crossing") # Plot the above-defined earth satellite. gp.plot( es, t_span, label="Orbit", color="red", marker={ "size": 10, "symbol": "triangle-right", "line": {"width": 1, "color": "black"}, }, ) ``` Viewing it in the `orthographic` projection mode, ```{code-cell} gp.update_geos(projection_type="orthographic") gp.fig.show() ``` and voila! The groundtrack terminates almost at the 35 degree latitude mark. ## Eclipse Event Users can detect umbra/penumbra crossings using the `UmbraEvent` and `PenumbraEvent` event classes, respectively. As seen from the above examples, the procedure doesn't change much. ```{code-cell} from boinor.core.events import eclipse_function attractor = Earth tof = 2 * u.d # Classical orbital elements coe = ( 7000.137 * u.km, 0.009 * u.one, 87.0 * u.deg, 20.0 * u.deg, 10.0 * u.deg, 0 * u.deg, ) orbit = Orbit.from_classical(attractor, *coe) ``` Let's search for umbra crossings. ```{code-cell} umbra_event = UmbraEvent(orbit, terminal=True) events = [umbra_event] tofs = np.arange(0, 600, 30) << u.s method = CowellPropagator(events=events) rr, vv = orbit.to_ephem(EpochsArray(orbit.epoch + tofs, method=method)).rv() print( f"The umbral shadow entry time was {umbra_event.last_t} after the orbit's epoch" ) ``` **Note**: Even though the eclipse events `UmbraEvent` and `PenumbraEvent` take the `Orbit` as input, they are not used in propagation but used only to access some helpful attributes of the orbit. Let us plot the eclipse functions' variation with time. ```{code-cell} k = Earth.k.to_value(u.km**3 / u.s**2) R_sec = Sun.R.to_value(u.km) R_pri = Earth.R.to_value(u.km) # Position vector of Sun wrt Solar System Barycenter r_sec_ssb = get_body_barycentric_posvel("Sun", orbit.epoch)[0] r_pri_ssb = get_body_barycentric_posvel("Earth", orbit.epoch)[0] r_sec = ((r_sec_ssb - r_pri_ssb).xyz << u.km).value rr = (rr << u.km).value vv = (vv << u.km / u.s).value eclipses = [] # List to store values of eclipse_function. for i in range(len(rr)): r = rr[i] v = vv[i] eclipse = eclipse_function(k, np.hstack((r, v)), r_sec, R_sec, R_pri) eclipses.append(eclipse) plt.xlabel("Time (s)") plt.ylabel("Eclipse function") plt.title("Eclipse function vs time") plt.plot(tofs[: len(rr)].to_value(u.s), eclipses) ```
For simplicity, here we compute the position vector of the primary and the secondary body only once, at the orbit epoch. However, the eclipse events internally recompute the position vectors at each desired instant.
We could get some geometrical insights by plotting the orbit: ```{code-cell} # Plot `Earth` at the instant of event occurence. Earth.plot( orbit.epoch.tdb + umbra_event.last_t, label="Earth position at event instance", ) plotter = OrbitPlotter() plotter.plot(orbit) plotter.set_orbit_frame(orbit) # Convert satellite coordinates to a `CartesianRepresentation` object. coords = CartesianRepresentation( rr[:, 0] << u.km, rr[:, 1] << u.km, rr[:, 2] << u.km ) plotter.plot_trajectory(coords, color="orange") ``` It seems our satellite is exiting the umbra region, as is evident from the orange colored trajectory! ## Node Cross Event This event detector aims to check for ascending and descending node crossings. Note that it could yield inaccurate results if the orbit is near-equatorial. ```{code-cell} r = [-3182930.668, 94242.56, -85767.257] << u.km v = [505.848, 942.781, 7435.922] << u.km / u.s orbit = Orbit.from_vectors(Earth, r, v) ``` As a sanity check, let's check the orbit's inclination to ensure it is not near-zero: ```{code-cell} print(orbit.inc) ``` Indeed, it isn't! ```{code-cell} node_event = NodeCrossEvent(terminal=True) events = [node_event] tofs = [0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 0.8, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] << u.s method = CowellPropagator(events=events) rr, vv = orbit.to_ephem(EpochsArray(orbit.epoch + tofs, method=method)).rv() print(f"The nodal cross time was {node_event.last_t} after the orbit's epoch") ``` The plot below shows us the variation of the z coordinate of the orbit's position vector with time: ```{code-cell} z_coords = [r[-1].to_value(u.km) for r in rr] plt.xlabel("Time (s)") plt.ylabel("Z coordinate of the position vector") plt.title("Node Crossing") plt.plot(tofs[: len(rr)].to_value(u.s), z_coords) ``` We could do the same plotting done in `LatitudeCrossEvent` to check for equatorial crossings: ```{code-cell} es = EarthSatellite(orbit, None) # Show the groundtrack plot from t_span = time_range( orbit.epoch - 1.5 * u.h, end=orbit.epoch + node_event.last_t ) # Generate ground track plotting instance. gp = GroundtrackPlotter() gp.update_layout(title="Node Crossing") # Plot the above-defined earth satellite. gp.plot( es, t_span, label="Orbit", color="red", marker={ "size": 10, "symbol": "triangle-right", "line": {"width": 1, "color": "black"}, }, ) ``` ```{code-cell} gp.update_geos(projection_type="orthographic") gp.fig.show() ``` Indeed, we can observe that it's an ascending node crossing! If we want to only detect either of the two crossings, the `direction` attribute is at our disposal! ## Multiple Event Detection If we would like to track multiple events while propagating an orbit, we just need to add the concerned events inside `events`. Below, we show the case where `NodeCrossEvent` and `LatitudeCrossEvent` events are to be detected. ```{code-cell} # NodeCrossEvent is detected earlier than the LatitudeCrossEvent. r = [-6142438.668, 3492467.56, -25767.257] << u.km v = [505.848, 942.781, 7435.922] << u.km / u.s orbit = Orbit.from_vectors(Earth, r, v) # Node Cross event node_cross_event = NodeCrossEvent(terminal=True) # Latitude event thresh_lat = 60 * u.deg latitude_cross_event = LatitudeCrossEvent(orbit, thresh_lat, terminal=True) events = [node_cross_event, latitude_cross_event] tofs = [1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12] << u.s method = CowellPropagator(events=events) rr, vv = orbit.to_ephem(EpochsArray(orbit.epoch + tofs, method=method)).rv() print(f"Node cross event termination time: {node_cross_event.last_t} s") print( f"Latitude cross event termination time: {latitude_cross_event.last_t} s" ) ``` When detecting multiple events, the propagation stops as soon as any event, with the `terminal` property set to `True`, is detected.