Simulation of a Molniya orbit position, velocity, attitude states (quaternions, angular velocities, euler angles), 3D trajectory and groundtracks (latitude / longitude coordinates) all in one figure! There is also a sneak peek of the Python scripts I used to create this.

I finally updated the animations classes I have by creating an abstract Animator class with virtual methods (class methods that can be overridden by classes that inherit from Animator). This way, sub-classes only need to define 1. what data they need (load_data() method) and 2. how to create one image of the gif (create_frame() method).

I've been meaning to make that update for a while and now that its done I feel a lot more prepared to start making a new series on how to create these animations.

Links to the Space Engineering Podcast (YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, SimpleCast):
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Link to Orbital Mechanics with Python video series:
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Link to Spacecraft Attitude Control with Python video series:
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Link a Mecánica Orbital con Python (videos en Español):
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Link to Numerical Methods with Python video series:
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