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+###########################################################################
+# simulation of a faraway orbital target (needs handover to spacecraft-specific 
+# code for close range)
+# Thorsten Renk 2016
+###########################################################################
+
+var orbitalTarget = {
+	new: func(altitude, inclination, node_longitude, anomaly) {
+	        var t = { parents: [orbitalTarget] };
+		t.altitude = altitude;
+		t.radius = 20908323.0 * 0.3048 + t.altitude;
+		t.GM =  398759391386476.0; 
+		t.period = 2.0 * math.pi * math.sqrt(math.pow(t.radius, 3.0)/ t.GM);
+		t.inclination = inclination;
+		t.inc_rad = t.inclination * math.pi/180.0;
+		t.l_vec = [math.sin(t.inc_rad), 0.0, math.cos(t.inc_rad)];
+		t.node_longitude = node_longitude;
+		t.nl_rad = t.node_longitude * math.pi/180.0;
+		var l_tmp = t.l_vec[0];
+		t.l_vec[0] = math.cos(t.nl_rad) * l_tmp;
+		t.l_vec[1] = -math.sin(t.nl_rad) * l_tmp;
+		t.anomaly = anomaly;
+		t.anomaly_rad = t.anomaly * math.pi/180.0;
+		t.delta_lon = 0.0;
+		t.update_time = 1.0;
+		t.running_flag = 0;
+		return t;
+	},
+
+	set_anomaly: func (anomaly) {
+
+		t.anomaly = anomaly;
+		t.anomaly_rad = t.anomaly * math.pi/180.0;
+
+	},
+
+	set_delta_lon: func (dl) {
+		t.delta_lon = dl;
+	},
+
+	list: func {
+
+		print("Radius: ", me.radius, " period: ", me.period);
+		print("L_vector: ", me.l_vec[0], " ", me.l_vec[1], " ", me.l_vec[2]);
+		print("L_norm: ", math.sqrt(me.l_vec[0] * me.l_vec[0] + me.l_vec[1] * me.l_vec[1] + me.l_vec[2] * me.l_vec[2]));
+		var pos = me.get_inertial_pos();
+		print("Inertial: ", pos[0], " ", pos[1], " ", pos[2]);
+		print("Rad: ", math.sqrt(pos[0] * pos[0] + pos[1] * pos[1] + pos[2] * pos[2]));
+		var lla = me.get_latlonalt();
+		print("Lat: ", lla[0], " lon: ", lla[1], " alt: ", lla[2]);
+	},
+	
+	evolve: func (dt) {
+		me.anomaly_rad = me.anomaly_rad + dt/me.period * 2.0 * math.pi;
+		if (me.anomaly_rad > 2.0 * math.pi)
+			{
+			me.anomaly_rad = me.anomaly_rad - 2.0 * math.pi;
+			}
+		me.anomaly = me.anomaly_rad * 180/math.pi;
+		me.delta_lon = me.delta_lon + dt * 0.00418333333333327;
+	},
+	get_inertial_pos: func {
+
+		# movement around equatorial orbit
+		var x = me.radius * -math.sin(me.anomaly_rad);
+		var y = me.radius * math.cos(me.anomaly_rad);
+		var z = 0;
+	
+		# tilt with inclination
+		z = x * -math.sin(me.inc_rad);
+		x = x * math.cos(me.inc_rad);
+
+
+		# rotate with node longitude
+		var xp = x * math.cos(me.nl_rad) - y * math.sin(me.nl_rad);
+		var yp = x * math.sin(me.nl_rad) + y * math.cos(me.nl_rad);
+
+		return [xp, yp, z];
+	},
+	get_latlonalt: func {
+
+		var coordinates = geo.Coord.new();
+		var inertial_pos = me.get_inertial_pos();
+		coordinates.set_xyz(inertial_pos[0], inertial_pos[1], inertial_pos[2]);
+		coordinates.set_lon(coordinates.lon() - me.delta_lon);
+	
+		return [coordinates.lat(), coordinates.lon(), coordinates.alt()];
+	},
+	start: func {
+		if (me.running_flag == 1) {return;}
+		me.running_flag = 1;
+		me.run();
+	},
+	stop: func {
+		me.running_flag = 0;
+	},
+
+	run: func {
+		me.evolve (me.update_time);
+		if (me.running_flag == 1)
+			{settimer(func me.run(), me.update_time);}
+	},
+	
+};