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Chikyu Earth地球

A line-drawn globe of the world's countries that turns at the Earth's own rate, with an optional realistic Earth from space and markers for any place.

Chikyu is the Japanese word 地球 for the Earth. About the name

Contents

Reference · The Earth-orbit catalogue: orbit class, object kind, colours, fleets and the packed file format (no data)

CatalogueRecordtype

One object of the catalogue: its element set (the OMM numbers every source serves), what kind of object it is, and what the catalogue says of its owner and launch. Anything the catalogue leaves blank is left out, never guessed.

Import it

import type { CatalogueRecord } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/catalogue";

Definition

interface CatalogueRecord {
    set: ElementSet;
    kind: ObjectKind;
    owner?: string;
    launch?: string;
    size?: RadarSize;
}

Members

NameTypeDescription
setElementSet
kindObjectKind
owner (optional)string | undefined

The owner's country or organisation code, as the catalogue writes it ("US", "PRC", "CIS"), up to 8 characters.

launch (optional)string | undefined

The launch date, yyyy-mm-dd, or just the year.

size (optional)RadarSize | undefined

Examples

import type { CatalogueRecord } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/catalogue";

const record: CatalogueRecord = {
  set: { OBJECT_NAME: "MADE-UP 1", OBJECT_ID: "2026-001A", EPOCH: "2026-11-08T04:12:35.430048", MEAN_MOTION: 15.2, ECCENTRICITY: 0.0002, INCLINATION: 53, RA_OF_ASC_NODE: 10, ARG_OF_PERICENTER: 90, MEAN_ANOMALY: 20, NORAD_CAT_ID: 900001, BSTAR: 0.0001, MEAN_MOTION_DOT: 0.00001, MEAN_MOTION_DDOT: 0 },
  kind: "PAY",
  owner: "US",
  launch: "2026-01-05",
};
console.log(record.set.NORAD_CAT_ID, record.kind);
900001 PAY

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth 0.51.1.