ECEF from Azimuth, Elevation, Range and Observer Lat,Lon,Alt

Question

I\'m trying to write a basic python script that will track a given satellite, defined with tle\'s, from a given location. I\'m not a asto/orbital person but am trying to bec

Answer 1

I feel really dumb but found the issue...

I was transposing the the latitude and longitude from the site into the PyEphem model (look at line 3-4)...The conversion works currently.

Let that be a lesson kids. USE GOOD VARIABLE NAMES...don't be lazy like me and lose time trying to find a nonexistent math bug....