Azure/azure-orbital-integration

Spacecraft TLE update

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Problem

The TLE for an Orbital spacecraft must be specified during initial creation resulting in a static TLE setting. Over time the actual data the TLE is meant to represent drifts eventually resulting in contact failures if the spacecraft TLE setting is not updated.

  1. Orbital users are likely not to be aware of TLE drift until their contacts fail.
  2. Orbital users are responsible for establishing a process or system for periodically updating the TLE for each of their spacecrafts. Any failure of this process may result in missing data for all contacts until the TLE is properly updated.

DoD

Create an AKS service and/or Azure function that periodically updates the TLE for one or more configurable spacecrafts.