3535
3636class EarthSatellite (VectorFunction ):
3737 """An Earth satellite loaded from a TLE file and propagated with SGP4.
38- The two initialization arguments ``line1`` and ``line2`` correspond to
39- the two data lines in a TLE file. ``name`` allows you to give a name to
40- the satellite, accessible with ``self.name``. ``ts`` is a
41- :class:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale object, used to generate the
42- ``epoch`` value. If it is not provided, __init__ will use a built in
43- Timescale object.
4438
4539 An earth satellite object is a Skyfield vector function, so call its
4640 :meth:`~skyfield.vectorlib.VectorSum.at()` method to generate its
@@ -55,6 +49,14 @@ class EarthSatellite(VectorFunction):
5549 A Skyfield :class:`~skyfield.timelib.Time` giving the exact
5650 epoch moment for these satellite orbit parameters.
5751
52+ When building a satellite, use the arguments ``line1`` and ``line2``
53+ to provide the two data lines from a TLE file as separate strings.
54+ Optional ``name`` lets you give a name to the satellite, accessible
55+ later through the ``name`` attribute. ``ts`` is a
56+ :class:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale` object, used to generate the
57+ ``epoch`` value; if it is not provided, the satellite will use a
58+ built in ``Timescale`` object.
59+
5860 If you are interested in the catalog entry details, the SGP4 model
5961 parameters for a particular satellite can be accessed through its
6062 ``model`` attribute:
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