Aeronautical and astronautical engineer working on GNC and systems design for satellites. BS from Purdue, MS from Stanford. Tripoli L2 certified high-power rocketeer.
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A theory-based SGP4 propagator for TLEs and OMMs built in Rust. As of v0.2.0, it matches Vallado's reference implementation to within 1 mm. Built to make the underlying mathematics understandable and easy to follow.