What's Changed

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #194
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #196
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #197
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #198
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.4 to 1.13.0 in /.github/workflows by @dependabot[bot] in #199
• Fix compatibiility with pytest 8.4 by @avalentino in #200
• Add fallback when TLES environment variable not listing any files by @pnuu in #205
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #207
• Extend OrbitElements Class with New Methods and Add Pytest Coverage by @JaskRendix in #204
• Move import of tlefile inline to avoid import-time side effects by @djhoese in #202
• Start deprecating automatic tle downloads by @mraspaud in #210
• Rename 'excentricity' properties to 'eccentricity' by @djhoese in #211
• Extended platform support for Kineis Constellation by @seapyth0n in #209
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #212
• Fix timeout preventing storage of TLEs by @pnuu in #213
• Fix TLE writing by adding a newline after the last TLE entry by @pnuu in #214

New Contributors

• @JaskRendix made their first contribution in #204

Full Changelog: v1.10.2...v1.11.0

Pull Requests Merged

Features added

• PR 192 - Return distances from GCP minimization

In this release 1 pull request was closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Features added

• PR 189 - Work with gcps for avhrr

In this release 1 pull request was closed.

Issues Closed

• Issue 184 - avhrr_gac instrument definition is broken (PR 185 by @oembury)

In this release 1 issue was closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 185 - Fix avhrr gac geometry (184)

Features added

• PR 188 - Cleanup for #185
• PR 186 - Support yaw arrays for ScanGeometry with same broadcasting as roll / pitch
• PR 177 - Fix datetime imports

In this release 4 pull requests were closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 175 - Remove pytz dependency

In this release 1 pull request was closed.

What's Changed

• Deprecate PPP_CONFIG_DIR for specifying config path by @djhoese in #170
• Update CI build action to work without setup.py by @pnuu in #172

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.9.1

What's Changed

• Update get_next_passes docstring by @simonrp84 in #157
• Bugfix use of datetime.datetime objects in call to get_last_an_time by @adybbroe in #159
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #162
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1 by @dependabot in #163
• Add new platforms and clarify help message for check_platform by @simonrp84 in #161
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2 by @dependabot in #164
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.2 to 1.10.3 by @dependabot in #165
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.3 to 1.11.0 by @dependabot in #166
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.11.0 to 1.12.2 by @dependabot in #167
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in #168
• Update CI to use Python 3.10 - 3.12 and plain Miniforge by @pnuu in #146
• Switch to use pyproject.toml instead of setup.py, and skip versioneer by @adybbroe in #169
• Refactor and improve tests concerning the TLE file handling by @adybbroe in #118
• Add slstr by @TAlonglong in #98
• Implement SGDP4_NEAR_SIMP propagation by @JonathanMaes in #124
• Refactor _SGDB4 class by @pnuu in #171

New Contributors

• @simonrp84 made their first contribution in #157
• @TAlonglong made their first contribution in #98
• @JonathanMaes made their first contribution in #124

Full Changelog: v1.8.3...v1.9.0

Issues Closed

• Issue 151 - Issue Calculating Accurate View Zenith Angles on Terra Satellite Overpasses

In this release 1 issue was closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 156 - Fix dtype preservation in astronomy functions

In this release 1 pull request was closed.

Issues Closed

• Issue 140 - pyorbital cannot read TLE for MTG-I1 / Meteosat-12 (PR 141 by @gerritholl)
• Issue 139 - Orbital cannot get TLEs from the internet

In this release 2 issues were closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 143 - Fix a bug in using TLES env variable

Features added

• PR 141 - Add Meteosat-12 to platforms.txt (140)

In this release 2 pull requests were closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 138 - Update celestrak urls (139)

Features added

• PR 137 - Prettify the RTD pages

Documentation changes

• PR 137 - Prettify the RTD pages
• PR 132 - Add .readthedocs.yaml

In this release 4 pull requests were closed.