How to see the earth from a geostationary satellite?

Satellites are not the same class of object as a SolarSystem object,
and the observer cannot be located there (not the current way it's
implemented anyway).

M

On 1 April 2013 22:06, Jerry <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Before talk my problem. I want to thank you for your work on stellarium！
>
> I am a new user of Stellarium. and i have used WorldWind for a very long
> time. So I want to see the earth like in the worldwind. Like a telescope
> on a satellite, and can the see earth's real surface image not the
> landscape, like on the other planet or moon of Stellarium.
>
> I tried to solve it and find some related information, like "See earth
> from the space",
> https://sourceforge.net/p/stellarium/discussion/278769/thread/2ac7dc3a/,
> and Barry said "if you wanna see the earth from the space or somewhere,
> you need to created a new object in the "SSystem.ini"(Solar System)".
>
> Then i studied the "Solar System Objects",
> http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Solar_System_Objects. And i
> found "After version 0.10.3, Stellarium comes with the Satellites plugin
> which shows the positions of a number of artificial objects in Earth
> orbit, including the International Space Station."
>
> So i wander if i can still edit the "SSystem.ini" to achieve my purpose, and how to do it. For example, like on a geostationary satellite.
> Thanks again for your excellent job on Stellarium!
>
> Best regards!
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Thanks a lot. What a pity.
I found that Satellite and Planet are two different Objects.
So IF I made some changes to the code and press ctrl+g, and change my view to a Satellite object, is that possible?

IF you changed the code so that worked, then yes. The question is how
to do that. It basically means re-writing the satellite module.
You're very welcome to try.

On 6 April 2013 08:31, Jerry <email address hidden> wrote:
> Question #225654 on Stellarium changed:
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> Status: Answered => Open
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> Jerry is still having a problem:
> Thanks a lot. What a pity.
> I found that Satellite and Planet are two different Objects.
> So IF I made some changes to the code and press ctrl+g, and change my view to a Satellite object, is that possible?
>
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Thanks for your encouragement, i am trying.
I tried another solution too.
Set a very long distance from the earth in the "Location Window". But it still displays the landscape. So I think whether we can change the display mode.
In fact, if we want to see the Earth from a satellite, maybe we only need to change the display mode, linke other app, there does not exist the concept of LANDSCAPE. In my opinion, LANDSCAPE class is a compromise for displaying the world around us, btw, I think the LANDSCAPE http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Landscapes, are all amazing, but in the future, i think we want to the display the real earth, and created some digital object to show the real world, like the worldwind and google earth. Sorry, that is a little further topic..., ^_^...

Have you looked at Celestia? It's another open source space
simulation app, but lets you be anywhere in the solar system,
including spacecraft, or just floating around. I think it might fit
your needs better than Stellarium, which is a more traditional
planetarium style app.

On 7 April 2013 05:25, Jerry <email address hidden> wrote:
> Question #225654 on Stellarium changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/stellarium/+question/225654
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> Jerry is still having a problem:
> Thanks for your encouragement, i am trying.
> I tried another solution too.
> Set a very long distance from the earth in the "Location Window". But it still displays the landscape. So I think whether we can change the display mode.
> In fact, if we want to see the Earth from a satellite, maybe we only need to change the display mode, linke other app, there does not exist the concept of LANDSCAPE. In my opinion, LANDSCAPE class is a compromise for displaying the world around us, btw, I think the LANDSCAPE http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Landscapes, are all amazing, but in the future, i think we want to the display the real earth, and created some digital object to show the real world, like the worldwind and google earth. Sorry, that is a little further topic..., ^_^...
>
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Thank you, Matthew. You always answer question so fast.
I installed Celestia too.But only try it and havenot study its source code.
To me, I prefer the style of Stellarium. It is cooler ;) and looks more robust, easier to extend its function. That's why i want to do some work on it. And I hope I can do some contribution on it.