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0.19.3

  • Add object ID to FITS and annotations.

0.19.2

  • Add rate-sidereal track mode. This mode takes n - 1 rate track frames and the last frame in sidereal tracking mode.

0.19.1

  • Add TRKMODE to fits header.

0.19.0

  • Add lambertian sphere brightness model for objects. Set object key model mode to lambertian_sphere and set albedo and size (meters) parameters. For 2D simulations, distance (km) and phase_angle (degrees) parameters must also be specified.

0.18.0

  • Add turbulent atmosphere to POPPY PSF generation. Set with psf option turbulent_atmosphere and sim option psf_sample_frequency.
  • Add star and object segmentation annotation. Set sim option save_segmentation to true and star_annotation_threshold to limit stars annotated.

0.17.1

  • Copy useful TensorFlow Addon (TFA) functions into tfa as the TFA project is no longer maintained.
  • Copy tests.

0.17.0

  • Add JSON schema definitions. See schema/v1/Document.json for root schema file.
  • Add observation object type.
  • Add support for cropped sensors.
  • Add altitude to site object. Set site alt parameter in km. Default is 0.

0.16.0

  • Add option to annotate stars. Set sim option star_annotation_threshold to the minimum star brightness magnitude or false to disable. Disabled by default.
  • Add option to show annotated stars in annotated images. Set sim option show_star_boxes to true to enable.

0.15.1

  • Remove clipping of negative values in ground truth files by default.
  • Fix missing dependencies for ground truth file generation.

0.15.0

  • Add support to save ground truth image data to the Annotations directory. Set sim option save_ground_truth to true.
  • Add support for running on CPU with no GPU acceleration.
  • Add CZML options for sensor visualization and object billboard image.

0.14.0

  • Add vector math library.
  • Add CZML output for sensor visualization.
  • Fix objects not updating properly when image renderer is off.

0.13.1

  • Add argument to set folder name in gen_multi.
  • Add environment variable, SATSIM_SKYFIELD_LOAD_DIR, to specify location of Skyfield ephemeris files.
  • Fix incorrect CZML output when image renderer is off.

0.13.0

  • Add ephemeris objects that are propagated with the Lagrange interpolator.
  • Add Cesium CZML output. Set sim option save_czml to false to disable.
  • Add CSV text file star catalog loader. This feature is useful for small catalogs such as Hipparcos and simulating wide FOV sensors.
  • Add multiplier and clipping for radial cosine.
  • Add option to skip image rendering. Set sim option mode to none to bypass image rendering.
  • Update interfaces for newest version of Skyfield, Poliastro, POPPY, and AstroPy.
  • Fix star renderer issue removing stars in field of view for non-square arrays.

0.12.0

  • Add augmentation of SatNet tf.data.Dataset. This feature allows injecting synthetic targets into real data during training.
  • Add FFT convolution to add_patch sprite render and scatter_shift image augmenter for speed improvement.
  • Add cache last PSF FFT to fftconv2p for speed improvement for static PSFs.
  • Add two-body state vector as a trackable target.
  • Add moon and sun model and misc methods to calculate phase angle and target brightness.

0.11.0

  • Add support to render star motion with FFT. Set sim option star_render_mode to fft.
  • Add option to sample photon noise multiple times. Set sim option num_shot_noise_samples to integer number.
  • Add support to render a satellite as a sprite. Set model option in obs.
  • Add support to load and augment sprite model with $pipeline operator.
  • Add cropped POPPY PSF generation.
  • Fix GreatCircle propagator tracking offset.
  • Fix runtime exception when site and track_mode are not defined.
  • Add TensorFlow 2.6 and update TensorFlow 2.2 and 2.4 Docker build file.

0.10.0

  • Add support for piecewise rendering. Set sim option render_size to enable. For example, [256, 256].
  • Add fixed tracking mode with mount azimuth and elevation.
  • Add great circle propagator for targets.
  • Add in-memory image generation. See generator function image_generator.
  • Fix missing stars when FOV crosses zero degree RA.
  • Add curved targets using bezier curve raster. Enabled by default. Set sim option num_target_samples to 2 to enable linear raster.
  • Add LRU cache to star catalog reader.
  • Add option to turn off SNR calculation. Set sim option calculate_snr to false will render targets and stars together.
  • Handle unstable SGP4 TLEs.
  • Add TensorFlow 2.4 Docker build file.
  • Add debug output for pristine images of targets and stars.

0.9.1

  • Calculate POPPY input wavefront resolution to avoid PSF aliasing.
  • Add support for additional FITS image data types (int16, uint16, int32, uint32, float32).
  • Add batch processing to transform_and_add_counts to support batch processing of stars.
  • Add auto option to calculate temporal oversample factor based on star velocities.
  • Add option to turn off serializing config data to pickle file (save_pickle).
  • Add option to turn off png movie output (save_movie).
  • Add crop_and_resize and flip image augmentation.
  • Set pixels with values beyond the pixel data type's capacity to the maximum value for that data type.
  • Add lognormal function to generate a distribution with a true target mean.
  • Fix issue with sidereal track.
  • Fix issue with fragment velocity not being randomly sampled.

0.9.0

  • Add Physical Optics Propagation in Python (POPPY) PSF generation.
  • Add PSF augmentation with $pipeline replacement key.
  • Add $function and $compound replacement key.
  • Add ability to generate stray light from a $function replacement key.
  • Add built-in 2D polynomial image generator for stray light, polygrid2d.
  • Add built-in cosine fourth image generator for irradiance falloff, radial_cos2d.
  • Add built-in sine wave image generator for fix pattern noise, sin2d.
  • Add built-in image generator from AstroPy model, astropy_model2d.
  • Add built-in image augmentation, scatter_shift and scatter_shift_polar.
  • Add $cache replacement key (caching works for PSF and $function).

0.8.3

  • Fix new Skyfield incompatibility.

0.8.2

  • Prefix replacement keys with $ in SatSim configuration file.
  • Add option to scale collision fragments by cosine of the exit angle.

0.8.1

  • Add astrometric metadata into FITS header
  • Refactor WCS library
  • Add option to flip images about x or y axis
  • Add option to refresh stars for each frame
  • Add RPO from TLE generator

0.8.0

  • Add two body propagator
  • Add object create, delete, and update events
  • Add collision generator
  • Add breakup generator
  • Add ref keyword to configuration
  • Add key keyword to import configuration
  • Refactor astrometric library

0.7.2

  • Add option to specify star and obs velocity in polar coordinates

0.7.1

  • Add option to turn off shot noise: sim.enable_shot_noise: true
  • Add option to turn off annotation boxes in image: sim.show_obs_boxes: true
  • Add option to specify velocity in arcseconds: sim.velocity_units: arcsec
  • Fix PNG output threading issue

0.7.0

  • Add function pipelines to support variable target brightness

0.6.1

  • Fix built-in generators not included in distribution
  • Add dockerfile

0.6.0

  • Add configuration import.
  • Add configuration generator functions.
  • Add built-in generator for breakups.
  • Add built-in generator for CSOs.
  • Add built-in generator for loading TLE files.

0.5.0

  • Runtime optimization.
  • Add parallel processing and multi-gpu utilization.
  • Add option to limit gpu memory usage.

0.4.0

  • Add signal to noise calculation for target pixels.

0.3.0

  • Add support for two line element set SGP4 satellite propagator.
  • Add support for rate and sidereal track from topocentric site.

0.2.0

  • Add support for SSTR7 star catalog.

0.1.1

  • Add target position to annotation file.
  • Updates to run GitLab CI.

0.1.0

  • First release.