Godstrument/workers/world_sats.py
jing 301005bdbc 🛰 world_sats: real satellites as a source (SGP4 from cached Celestrak TLEs)
The sky's own schedule joins the orchestra. Unlike world_iss (which begs a web
API per position), world_sats fetches TLEs once from Celestrak — the stations
plus the named recon birds GAOFEN and COSMOS — caches them to
~/.cache/godverse/tles.txt (24 h freshness, atomic writes, stale-on-failure),
and propagates every craft locally with SGP4 at any rate, no per-fix HTTP.

For the venue city (--lat/--lon, retargeted by run.py) it computes each craft's
elevation above the horizon and emits:
  /gs/sats/best_elev       highest elevation among all tracked (-30..90 deg)
  /gs/sats/overhead_count  how many above 10 deg
  /gs/sats/iss_lat/iss_lon ISS sweep (available even without world_iss)
  /gs/sats/recon_elev      best elevation among only the GAOFEN/COSMOS watchers
  /gs/sats/pass.event      impulse when any craft crosses rising through 30 deg

Wiring: config.json declares the six signals with norm ranges + labels, three
starter routes (best_elev -> pad.brightness, pass -> delay.feedback,
recon_elev -> lfo.rate) and adds sats.best_elev to the cosmos group; run.py adds
the worker to the WORLD profile and the lat/lon retarget set; requirements notes
the pure-python sgp4 dep. The worker is import-safe (sits out if sgp4 is absent)
and exits politely with no cache and no network. Grimoire + manual entry added.

Math ported from GODSIGH's verified satellites layer: TLE -> Satrec.twoline2rv
(handles no_kozai), SGP4 -> TEME km, GMST rotation -> WGS-84 geodetic, then an
ECEF up-vector for elevation. Verified end-to-end against live Celestrak data:
98 sats tracked, ISS position/altitude plausible, and all signals arrive over
the hub WebSocket correctly normalized with their routes active.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 16:42:03 +10:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""world_sats.py — the sky's own schedule, as control signals (SGP4, no polling APIs).
Real satellites, propagated locally. TLEs (two-line element sets) are fetched once
from Celestrak and cached; from them SGP4 gives *any* satellite's position at *any*
rate with no per-fix HTTP — the opposite of world_iss.py, which begs a web API for
every point. We track the space stations plus a few named recon birds (GAOFEN,
COSMOS), turn each into a lat/lon/altitude, and derive its **elevation above the
venue city's horizon** — so "something is passing overhead" becomes a continuous,
playable signal, and a recon satellite cresting the sky rings a bell.
Emits (raw floats; the hub normalizes):
/gs/sats/best_elev highest elevation among tracked sats, degrees (can be < 0)
/gs/sats/overhead_count how many are above 10 degrees right now
/gs/sats/iss_lat ISS geodetic latitude (the sweep, even without world_iss)
/gs/sats/iss_lon ISS geodetic longitude
/gs/sats/pass.event impulse (magnitude = elevation) when any sat crosses
rising through 30 degrees — a pass begins
/gs/sats/recon_elev best elevation among the GAOFEN/COSMOS set only
Depends on `sgp4` (pure-python, `pip install sgp4`). Import-safe: if it is missing,
or there is no cached TLE and no network, the worker prints why and exits cleanly.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import datetime
import math
import os
import sys
import time
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
from pythonosc.udp_client import SimpleUDPClient
try:
from sgp4.api import Satrec, jday
HAVE_SGP4 = True
except Exception: # pure-python but still optional (house rule: import-safe)
HAVE_SGP4 = False
NAME = "world_sats"
UA = "Godstrument/1.0 (live instrument; contact monsterrobotparty@gmail.com)"
CACHE_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.cache/godverse")
CACHE_FILE = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, "tles.txt")
CACHE_MAX_AGE = 24 * 3600.0 # Celestrak politeness — TLEs age slowly
REFRESH_EVERY = 6 * 3600.0 # re-check the cache age this often while running
# (url, is_recon) — the stations give us the ISS; the named queries are the watchers.
# A NAME query with no match returns the plain text "No GP data found"; parse_tles
# rejects any group whose first data line doesn't start with "1".
TLE_SOURCES = [
("https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=stations&FORMAT=tle", False),
("https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?NAME=GAOFEN&FORMAT=tle", True),
("https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?NAME=COSMOS%202486&FORMAT=tle", True),
("https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?NAME=COSMOS%202506&FORMAT=tle", True),
]
PASS_ELEV = 30.0 # a sat rising through this elevation rings the bell
OVERHEAD_ELEV = 10.0 # counted as "overhead" above this
ISS_CATNR = "25544" # NORAD catalog number of the ISS (ZARYA)
WGS_A = 6378.137 # WGS-84 semi-major axis, km
WGS_B = 6356.7523142 # semi-minor axis, km
def fetch_url(url, timeout=20):
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": UA})
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
return resp.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
def parse_tles(text):
"""Parse TLE text into [(name, line1, line2)]. Tolerant of 2-line groups and of
Celestrak's plain-text 'No GP data found' (any group whose line1 isn't a '1')."""
lines = [ln.rstrip() for ln in text.splitlines()
if ln.strip() and not ln.startswith("#")]
out = []
i = 0
while i < len(lines):
ln = lines[i]
if ln.startswith("1 ") and i + 1 < len(lines) and lines[i + 1].startswith("2 "):
out.append(("", ln, lines[i + 1])) # 2-line group, no name
i += 2
elif (not ln.startswith(("1 ", "2 "))) and i + 2 < len(lines) \
and lines[i + 1].startswith("1 ") and lines[i + 2].startswith("2 "):
out.append((ln.strip(), lines[i + 1], lines[i + 2])) # named 3-line group
i += 3
else:
i += 1 # junk / 'No GP data found' — skip
return out
def _write_cache(groups, recon_catnrs):
"""Cache the merged 3LE with a recon-catnr header so the tags survive a reload."""
try:
os.makedirs(CACHE_DIR, exist_ok=True)
tmp = CACHE_FILE + ".tmp"
with open(tmp, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.write("# recon " + ",".join(sorted(recon_catnrs)) + "\n")
for name, l1, l2, _is_recon in groups:
f.write((name + "\n" if name else "") + l1 + "\n" + l2 + "\n")
os.replace(tmp, CACHE_FILE) # atomic
print(f"[{NAME}] refreshed TLE cache -> {CACHE_FILE}")
except OSError as e:
print(f"[{NAME}] warning: could not write cache: {e}")
def _read_cache():
"""Return (groups, recon_catnrs) from the tagged cache, or ([], set())."""
if not os.path.isfile(CACHE_FILE):
return [], set()
try:
with open(CACHE_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
text = f.read()
except OSError:
return [], set()
recon = set()
for ln in text.splitlines():
if ln.startswith("# recon "):
recon = {x for x in ln[len("# recon "):].strip().split(",") if x}
break
groups = [(name, l1, l2, l1[2:7].strip() in recon) for name, l1, l2 in parse_tles(text)]
return groups, recon
def load_grouped_tles(force_fetch=False):
"""Return [(name, l1, l2, is_recon)] — a fresh cache if possible, else a fetch.
Fetches each source separately so recon birds keep their tag, writes the tagged
cache, and falls back to a stale cache on network failure. Returns [] only when
there is no cache and no network."""
fresh = False
if not force_fetch:
try:
fresh = os.path.isfile(CACHE_FILE) and (time.time() - os.path.getmtime(CACHE_FILE)) < CACHE_MAX_AGE
except OSError:
fresh = False
if fresh:
groups, _ = _read_cache()
if groups:
print(f"[{NAME}] using cached TLEs (< 24 h old)")
return groups
merged, recon_catnrs = [], set()
for url, is_recon in TLE_SOURCES:
try:
txt = fetch_url(url)
except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, ValueError) as e:
print(f"[{NAME}] TLE fetch failed for {url.split('?')[-1]}: {e}")
continue
for name, l1, l2 in parse_tles(txt):
catnr = l1[2:7].strip()
if is_recon:
recon_catnrs.add(catnr)
merged.append((name, l1, l2, is_recon))
if merged:
_write_cache(merged, recon_catnrs)
return merged
groups, _ = _read_cache() # network down — serve stale
if groups:
print(f"[{NAME}] network down — using stale TLE cache")
return groups
def gstime(jdut1):
"""Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time (radians) — the IAU-82 series (matches satellite.js)."""
t = (jdut1 - 2451545.0) / 36525.0
g = 67310.54841 + (876600.0 * 3600 + 8640184.812866) * t + 0.093104 * t * t - 6.2e-6 * t * t * t
g = math.radians(g / 240.0) % (2 * math.pi) # seconds -> degrees (/240) -> radians
return g + 2 * math.pi if g < 0 else g
def eci_to_geodetic(r, gmst):
"""TEME position (km) + GMST -> (lat_deg, lon_deg, alt_km). WGS-84, iterative."""
x, y, z = r
a, b = WGS_A, WGS_B
f = (a - b) / a
e2 = 2 * f - f * f
R = math.hypot(x, y)
lon = math.atan2(y, x) - gmst
lon = (lon + math.pi) % (2 * math.pi) - math.pi # wrap to [-pi, pi]
lat = math.atan2(z, R)
C = 1.0
for _ in range(20): # converges in a handful of steps
C = 1.0 / math.sqrt(1 - e2 * math.sin(lat) ** 2)
lat = math.atan2(z + a * C * e2 * math.sin(lat), R)
alt = R / math.cos(lat) - a * C
return math.degrees(lat), math.degrees(lon), alt
def _ecef(lat_deg, lon_deg, alt_km):
a, b = WGS_A, WGS_B
la, lo = math.radians(lat_deg), math.radians(lon_deg)
f = (a - b) / a
e2 = 2 * f - f * f
N = a / math.sqrt(1 - e2 * math.sin(la) ** 2)
return ((N + alt_km) * math.cos(la) * math.cos(lo),
(N + alt_km) * math.cos(la) * math.sin(lo),
(N * (1 - e2) + alt_km) * math.sin(la))
def elevation(sat_lat, sat_lon, sat_alt, obs_lat, obs_lon):
"""Elevation angle (degrees) of a sat above an observer's local horizon."""
sx, sy, sz = _ecef(sat_lat, sat_lon, sat_alt)
ox, oy, oz = _ecef(obs_lat, obs_lon, 0.0)
rx, ry, rz = sx - ox, sy - oy, sz - oz
rng = math.sqrt(rx * rx + ry * ry + rz * rz)
if rng <= 0:
return 0.0
la, lo = math.radians(obs_lat), math.radians(obs_lon)
ux, uy, uz = math.cos(la) * math.cos(lo), math.cos(la) * math.sin(lo), math.sin(la)
dot = (rx * ux + ry * uy + rz * uz) / rng
return math.degrees(math.asin(max(-1.0, min(1.0, dot))))
class Sat:
__slots__ = ("name", "catnr", "rec", "is_recon", "prev_elev")
def __init__(self, name, line1, line2, is_recon):
self.catnr = line1[2:7].strip()
self.name = name or f"SAT {self.catnr}"
self.rec = Satrec.twoline2rv(line1, line2) # handles no_kozai internally
self.is_recon = is_recon
self.prev_elev = None
def geodetic_now(self, dt):
jd, fr = jday(dt.year, dt.month, dt.day, dt.hour, dt.minute,
dt.second + dt.microsecond * 1e-6)
e, r, _v = self.rec.sgp4(jd, fr)
if e != 0: # decayed / propagation error
return None
return eci_to_geodetic(r, gstime(jd + fr))
def build_sats(groups):
sats = []
for name, l1, l2, is_recon in groups:
try:
sats.append(Sat(name, l1, l2, is_recon))
except Exception as e: # a malformed TLE shouldn't kill the set
print(f"[{NAME}] skip TLE '{name or l1[2:7]}': {e}")
return sats
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="SGP4 satellites -> OSC (the sky's schedule)")
ap.add_argument("--host", default="127.0.0.1")
ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=9000)
ap.add_argument("--interval", type=float, default=2.0)
ap.add_argument("--lat", type=float, default=0.0, help="venue latitude (run.py retargets this)")
ap.add_argument("--lon", type=float, default=0.0, help="venue longitude")
args = ap.parse_args()
if not HAVE_SGP4:
print(f"[{NAME}] sgp4 not installed — `pip install sgp4` to bring the sky in. Exiting.")
sys.exit(0)
sats = build_sats(load_grouped_tles())
if not sats:
print(f"[{NAME}] no TLEs (no cache and no network) — exiting politely.")
sys.exit(0)
client = SimpleUDPClient(args.host, args.port)
n_recon = sum(1 for s in sats if s.is_recon)
have_recon = n_recon > 0
print(f"[{NAME}] tracking {len(sats)} satellites ({n_recon} recon) from "
f"({args.lat:.2f}, {args.lon:.2f}); emitting /gs/sats/* every {args.interval:g}s")
last_refresh = time.time()
while True:
if time.time() - last_refresh > REFRESH_EVERY: # age-check + refresh TLEs in place
last_refresh = time.time()
fresh = build_sats(load_grouped_tles()) # refetches only if the cache is stale
if fresh:
sats = fresh
have_recon = any(s.is_recon for s in sats)
now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
best_elev, recon_best, overhead = -90.0, -90.0, 0
for s in sats:
geo = s.geodetic_now(now)
if geo is None:
continue
lat, lon, alt = geo
el = elevation(lat, lon, alt, args.lat, args.lon)
if el > best_elev:
best_elev = el
if s.is_recon and el > recon_best:
recon_best = el
if el > OVERHEAD_ELEV:
overhead += 1
if s.prev_elev is not None and s.prev_elev < PASS_ELEV <= el: # rising through 30deg
client.send_message("/gs/sats/pass.event", float(el)) # -> sats.pass.event (impulse)
print(f"[{NAME}] pass: {s.name} rising through {PASS_ELEV:.0f}deg (now {el:.1f})")
s.prev_elev = el
if s.catnr == ISS_CATNR:
client.send_message("/gs/sats/iss_lat", float(lat))
client.send_message("/gs/sats/iss_lon", float(lon))
client.send_message("/gs/sats/best_elev", float(best_elev))
client.send_message("/gs/sats/overhead_count", float(overhead))
if have_recon:
client.send_message("/gs/sats/recon_elev", float(recon_best))
time.sleep(args.interval)
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
main()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
sys.exit(0)