Translate position, velocity, roll, pitch, yaw to czml format for satellite

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So, I have data about a satellite which is essentially rows of data containing epoch, cartesian coordinates(x, y, z), velocity(x, y, z), and yaw, pitch, roll.

I’m utilizing the Sandcastle CZML tutorial as a base, and I’d like to define my satellite in CZML like the ISS and other satellites are there. How do I translate this to czml? Im a bit confused about how this will work. I can see that “position” in simple.czml contains the cartesian coordinates and offset for each value in the epoch. But I can see that “path” is also used, what does the leadTime and trailTime do, and how would my data transfer to that?

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I don’t think you need to use leadTime/trailTime, but they are documented here: https://cesium.com/docs/cesiumjs-ref-doc/PathGraphics.html#leadTime.

Have you seen this simple.czml example? https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/master/Apps/SampleData/simple.czml This is what’s used in this example: https://sandcastle.cesium.com/index.html?src=CZML.html. I would start with a minimal CZML without the lead/trail time and see if that works for you.

What kind of project are you working on?

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