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Scenario Is it possible to use equatorial fixed reference system for RPOS and RVEL when creating a scenario file?

supersonic71

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I'm trying to write a script to convert a list of TLEs to Orbiter's Scenario format.

For example - convert this https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=starlink&FORMAT=tle
to something like
Code:
STARLINK-24:starlink\starlink_odd
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS A B C
  RVEL E F G
END
STARLINK-61:starlink\starlink_odd
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS H I J
  RVEL K L M
END
...
...
...

Used code from above addon to convert TLE to equatorial-fixed reference system.
But looks like Orbiter .scn file expects RPOS and RVEL in Elliptical reference, correct?
Is it possible to make orbiter accept equatorial-fixed values in its .scn?
 
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