Notebooks
Jupyter notebooks that run against the live OrbitalWiki API. Every request in them is real and was executed before publication. Download one, open it in Jupyter, run it top to bottom.
API requests
Anonymous callers share 50 requests per day per network. A free account raises that to 1,000 per day. Each notebook states what one full run costs.
4 published notebooks31 API requests
- Notebook15 min4 API requests
Your first OrbitalWiki API request
Four real requests against a live satellite catalog, with no signup. Read the response envelope, filter a list, search by alias, and find out what your requests cost before you write a loop.
apihttpjsonrate-limitssearchFirst API call. No orbital-mechanics background needed. - Notebook25 min7 API requests
Trace a catalog value to its source
Every field on a record is a claim by somebody. This notebook separates the fields that carry a citable source from the fields that do not, then finds two catalogs giving different answers to the same question and shows why both are right.
provenanceconfidencedata-qualitylicensingcitationResearch methods, senior undergraduate and above. - Notebook30 min13 API requests
Count the orbits: a census you can defend
Count every orbit regime in seven requests instead of a hundred and sixty-five, assert the classes actually add up to the catalog total, chart it, and then see why taking the first page of a class is not a sample of that class.
orbitscensussampling-biaschartsvalidationUndergraduate data analysis. Some pandas and matplotlib assumed. - Notebook30 min7 API requests
Join transmitters to catalog records
No single database holds both what a satellite transmits and where it is. This notebook joins SatNOGS DB to OrbitalWiki on the NORAD catalog number, charts the bands you could actually receive, and ends at a real TLE.
radiotransmitterssatnogsjoinslicensingIntermediate. Receive-only; no licence or transmitting equipment needed.
Classroom lessons
Notebooks are for people who write code. The lesson plans cover the same catalog with worksheets, answer keys and no programming.
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