Tutorials

These tutorials demonstrate how to use pyRTX for various applications.

Note that in order to have most tutorial properly running you’ll need to download some LRO-specific files. You can do this by running python download_lro_kernels.py in the examples folder.

Tutorial 1: First Steps with pyRTX

Learn the basics of ray tracing and solar pressure modeling.

• Notebook n. 1:

Tutorial 2: Advanced SRP Calculations

Advanced solar radiation pressure techniques.

• Solar Radiation Pressure: Various contributions

Tutorial 3: Lookup Tables

Using pre-computed lookup tables for fast calculations.

• Lookup Tables
• Computing the LUT

Tutorial 4: Planetary Radiation

Computing albedo and thermal infrared pressure

• Planetary radiation

Tutorial 5: Atmospheric Drag

Computing atmospheric drag on complex spacecraft shapes.

• Atmospheric drag
• Compute the cross-section LUT
• Computing the drag