pysatellites command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pysatellites: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pysatellites: command not found

Solutions to pysatellites: command not found

How To Fix pysatellites: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pysatellites is provided by pysatellites package.

pysatellites is:

This program can be used to train people to spatial mechanics at an elementary level. You are given the power to launch a satellite, from outside the atmosphere, around a handful of predefined planets, or around any special object you may imagine. Input the initial velocity vector of the satellite, and you will get the simulated trajectory, as well as some information like the plots of variation of speed. As an extra, you can compute a movie, which represents the planet seen from the satellite’s point of view during its orbital period.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install pysatellites

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install pysatellites.

sudo apt -y install pysatellites

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install pysatellites

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pysatellites command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.