plot ground track of a satellite given tle in python

main.py
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from pyorbital.orbital import Orbital

# TLE data for the ISS
tle_lines = ['1 25544U 98067A   20235.52673106  .00000834  00000-0  25311-4 0  9998',
             '2 25544  51.6445  61.5455 0004225  94.8535 265.3286 15.49461585239667']

satellite = Orbital("ISS", line1=tle_lines[0], line2=tle_lines[1])

# specify the start and end time
start_time = datetime.utcnow()
end_time = start_time + timedelta(days=1)

# create an array of time steps between start and end time
time_steps = np.arange(start_time, end_time, timedelta(minutes=1))

# calculate the position of the satellite at each time step
positions = [satellite.get_position(when) for when in time_steps]

# extract latitudes and longitudes from the positions array
lats = [position[0] for position in positions]
lons = [position[1] for position in positions]

# plot the ground track
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(lons, lats, '.', markersize=1)
ax.set_xlabel('Longitude (deg)')
ax.set_ylabel('Latitude (deg)')
ax.set_title('ISS Ground Track')
plt.show()
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