satellites_db: Satellites database

In zivankaraman/spectator: Interface to the 'Spectator Earth' API

Satellites database

Description

List all the satellites available in the Spectator Earth database with main attributes

Usage

satellites_db

Format

A data frame with 60 rows (as of July 2024) and 8 variables:

id

integer identifier

name

character satellite name

norad_id

integer satellite catalog number

open

logical whether the data produced by the satellite is freely accessible

platform

character platform name

sensor_name

character name of the sensor available on the satellite

sensor_swath

integer swath width of the sensor available on the satellite

sensor_type

character type of the sensor available on the satellite (SAR or Optical)

Details

The information in this data frame is a local cache of the list of all the satellites available in the Spectator Earth database. It enables the fast retrieval of some data by satellite name instead of id. This list is refreshed every time the package is loaded. The current up-to-date list of satellites described in Spectator Earth database can be obtained by GetAllSatellites(positions = FALSE)

Source

https://api.spectator.earth/#satellites

See Also

GetAllSatellites

zivankaraman/spectator documentation built on July 17, 2024, 8:16 p.m.