satellites: "satellites"

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A data set containing information on the 2670 satellites orbiting Earth as of March 31, 2020. The data in this package was obtained from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Satellite Database 4/1/2020 release.

Usage

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Format

A dataframe with 2670 elements

official_name

Official name

registered

Country registered with the UN as responsible

user_affiliation

Affilitation of the primary users

purpose

Discipline of the primary users

orbit_class

Class of the orbit

perigee

Perigee (km)

apogee

Apogee (km)

eccentricity

Eccentricity)

period

Time required to complete one full orbit of Earth (minutes)

launch_date

Date of satellite launch

Source

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database


nfrontero20/satellites documentation built on Jan. 24, 2021, 10:10 a.m.