International Space Station(ISS) orbital animation

Version 1.0.001 (2.83 KB) by SpaceDuck
Makes use of Runge-Kutta 4 method and J2 Earth Model
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Updated 19 Dec 2019

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ISS defined as having an orbital period of 92.68 minutes and an orbital speed of approximately 7660 m/s.

Orbital inclination of ISS is 51.6431 degrees based on NASA data.
https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/ISS/SVPOST.html
Calculated orbital inclination from this solver is around 51.9788 degrees.

Cite As

SpaceDuck (2026). International Space Station(ISS) orbital animation (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/73703-international-space-station-iss-orbital-animation), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2019b
Compatible with any release
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1.0.001

Added more to description.

1.0.0