-- Test GiST index and operators CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_orbit; NOTICE: extension "pg_orbit" already exists, skipping -- Create test table with mixed orbit types CREATE TABLE test_orbits ( id serial, name text, tle tle ); -- ISS (LEO, ~400km) INSERT INTO test_orbits (name, tle) VALUES ('ISS', '1 25544U 98067A 24001.50000000 .00016717 00000-0 10270-3 0 9025 2 25544 51.6400 208.9163 0006703 30.1694 61.7520 15.50100486 00001'); -- Hubble (LEO, ~540km) INSERT INTO test_orbits (name, tle) VALUES ('Hubble', '1 20580U 90037B 24001.50000000 .00000790 00000+0 39573-4 0 9992 2 20580 28.4705 61.4398 0002797 317.3115 42.7577 15.09395228 00008'); -- GPS IIR-M (MEO, ~20200km) INSERT INTO test_orbits (name, tle) VALUES ('GPS-IIR', '1 28874U 05038A 24001.50000000 .00000012 00000+0 00000+0 0 9993 2 28874 55.4408 300.3467 0117034 51.6543 309.5420 2.00557079 00006'); -- Create GiST index CREATE INDEX test_orbits_gist ON test_orbits USING gist (tle); -- Overlap: ISS && Hubble = false (different altitude bands: ~400km vs ~540km) SELECT a.name AS sat_a, b.name AS sat_b, a.tle && b.tle AS overlaps FROM test_orbits a, test_orbits b WHERE a.id < b.id ORDER BY a.name, b.name; sat_a | sat_b | overlaps --------+---------+---------- Hubble | GPS-IIR | f ISS | GPS-IIR | f ISS | Hubble | f (3 rows) -- Altitude distance between different orbit regimes SELECT a.name AS sat_a, b.name AS sat_b, round((a.tle <-> b.tle)::numeric, 0) AS alt_dist_km FROM test_orbits a, test_orbits b WHERE a.id < b.id ORDER BY a.name, b.name; sat_a | sat_b | alt_dist_km --------+---------+------------- Hubble | GPS-IIR | 19332 ISS | GPS-IIR | 19451 ISS | Hubble | 115 (3 rows) -- GiST index scan: find all LEO sats (overlap with ISS) SET enable_seqscan = off; SELECT name FROM test_orbits WHERE tle && (SELECT tle FROM test_orbits WHERE name = 'ISS') ORDER BY name; name ------ ISS (1 row) RESET enable_seqscan; -- Nearest-neighbor via GiST: order by altitude distance to ISS SET enable_seqscan = off; SELECT name, round((tle <-> (SELECT tle FROM test_orbits WHERE name = 'ISS'))::numeric, 0) AS dist FROM test_orbits WHERE name != 'ISS' ORDER BY tle <-> (SELECT tle FROM test_orbits WHERE name = 'ISS'); name | dist ---------+------- Hubble | 115 GPS-IIR | 19451 (2 rows) RESET enable_seqscan; -- Self-overlap is always true SELECT name, tle && tle AS self_overlap FROM test_orbits ORDER BY name; name | self_overlap ---------+-------------- GPS-IIR | t Hubble | t ISS | t (3 rows) -- Cleanup DROP TABLE test_orbits;