{"id":205,"date":"2026-01-23T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:40:37","slug":"argus-quick-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/argus-quick-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Argus Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"ituBanner bg banner-elected\" style=\"background-color: #009CD6\">\n        <div class=\"bgContainer\">\n            <img src=https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-23-124143.png alt=\"Elected: Argus Quick Guide\" style=\"object-fit: contain; object-position: bottom 60%;\" \/>\n            <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                <div class=\"content\" data-span=\"8\">\n                    <div class=\"main\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h3 white\">Argus Quick Guide<\/h2>\n                        <p class=\"white\"><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            \n<div data-filename=\"Argus Quick Guide.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-brblocks-section-to-pdf\"><div class=\"br-section-to-pdf-topbar\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"ituBtn br-section-to-pdf-button\">Download as PDF<\/button><\/div><div class=\"br-section-to-pdf-inner\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"#Introduction\" >\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Introduction<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"#Interface\" >\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Argus Interface<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"#Control-Elements-Description\" >\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Control Elements Description<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div id=\"Introduction\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you start<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argus works best on larger screens. If you use a small screen and the view is too crammed, try reducing the zoom level of your browser with ctrl+&#8221;-&#8220;<br>Click on an orbit to display further details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Concepts<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data hierarchy: Orbits are clustered in the following way: Network <math data-latex=\"\\rightarrow\"><semantics><mo stretchy=\"false\" lspace=\"0em\" rspace=\"0em\">\u2192<\/mo><annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">\\rightarrow<\/annotation><\/semantics><\/math> Notified Orbits <math data-latex=\"\\rightarrow\"><semantics><mo stretchy=\"false\" lspace=\"0em\" rspace=\"0em\">\u2192<\/mo><annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">\\rightarrow<\/annotation><\/semantics><\/math> Declared Orbits <math data-latex=\"\\rightarrow\"><semantics><mo stretchy=\"false\" lspace=\"0em\" rspace=\"0em\">\u2192<\/mo><annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">\\rightarrow<\/annotation><\/semantics><\/math> Actual Orbits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Definitions<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Actual Orbit:<\/strong>  Orbit as per public OMM data. <br><strong>Declared Orbit<\/strong>: Orbit for a spacecraft declared to ITU. <br><strong>Tolerance Volume<\/strong>: The 30km Tolerance Volume is centered on the Declared Orbit line. Its radial extension depicts the 30km altitude tolerance for the spacecraft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-brblocks-separation-bar\"><div style=\"background-color:#009ad7;height:1px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div id=\"Interface\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argus Interface Overview<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ituCard\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div data-show-white-background=\"true\" data-enable-modal=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-brblocks-br-img\"><div style=\"text-align:center\"><figure class=\"br-img  \" style=\"display:inline-block;text-align:center;position:static;--br-img-caption-size:0.875rem;--br-img-caption-color:#444444;--br-img-caption-align:center;--br-img-caption-bg:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);--br-img-caption-padding:8px 12px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/09\/1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;object-fit:cover;display:block;margin:0 auto;float:none\"\/><figcaption class=\"br-img__caption\" style=\"text-align:center;font-size:0.875rem;color:#444444;position:static;background:transparent;padding:0;margin-top:8px\">Figure 1: Argus on startup<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-brblocks-separation-bar\"><div style=\"background-color:#009ad7;height:1px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 id=\"Control-Elements-Description\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control Elements Description<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#f5fafc\"><thead><tr><th style=\"width:150px;border-bottom-color:#009cd6;border-width:0 0 2px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">Element<\/th><th style=\"border-bottom-color:#009cd6;border-width:0 0 2px;vertical-align:top\">Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">a)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Headup Display<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Shows the position altitude, and, orientation of the camera in reference to the surface. Values can be set manually.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">b)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Side Panel<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Select a data source and one or more networks.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">c)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Bottom Panel<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Shows orbits of selected networks. Orbits can be searched and sorted.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">d)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Reset Camera View<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Resets the camera position and pitch to the home position. Very helpful when you are lost.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">e)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Opents the contacts widget with a collection of points of contacts for each system.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top\">f)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top\"><strong>Legend&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Offers further explanations about color scheme and tolerances<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Argus Guide 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interface Details<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bottom panel<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-show-white-background=\"true\" data-enable-modal=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-brblocks-br-img\"><div style=\"text-align:center\"><figure class=\"br-img  \" style=\"display:inline-block;text-align:center;position:static;--br-img-caption-size:0.875rem;--br-img-caption-color:#444444;--br-img-caption-align:center;--br-img-caption-bg:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);--br-img-caption-padding:8px 12px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/09\/bottompanel.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;object-fit:cover;display:block;margin:0 auto;float:none\"\/><figcaption class=\"br-img__caption\" style=\"text-align:center;font-size:0.875rem;color:#444444;position:static;background:transparent;padding:0;margin-top:8px\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Element<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>c1<\/td><td>Show (all) notified orbits. Select which notified orbits should be displayed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c2<\/td><td>Notified orbits tab. Displays a list of notified orbits and their related actual orbits and declared orbits.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c3<\/td><td>Filter: When selected, only notified orbits are shown where at least one actual satellite is not within tolerances.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c4<\/td><td>Statistics tab. Displays altitude distribution for all satellites of selected networks.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c5<\/td><td>Filter: When selected, all actual orbits will become visible. Press again to hde them again.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c6<\/td><td>Select individual declared orbits, belonging to a notified orbit. When a declared orbit is selected, its tolerance volume is displayed as well.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>c7<\/td><td>Search fields: Narrow down the list by searching for matching values. <br>For example typing &#8220;&gt;5&#8221; in the &#8216;Deployed Sats&#8217; field will show all Notified orbits where more than 5 satellites have been deployed. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-brblocks-separation-bar\"><div style=\"background-color:#009ad7;height:1px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"mailto: \" >\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/04\/arobase.png\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Contact<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-brblocks-code-editor\" data-selected-script=\"css\" data-code-content=\"Lml0dUJhbm5lci5iZyAuYmdDb250YWluZXI+aW1nIHsKICAgIG9iamVjdC1maXQ6IGNvdmVyICFpbXBvcnRhbnQ7Cn0K\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-brblocks-code-editor\" data-selected-script=\"jquery\" data-code-content=\"alF1ZXJ5KGZ1bmN0aW9uICgkKSB7CiAgICAkKCcuaXR1Q2FyZDpsdCg0KSAuaWNvbicpLmNzcygnZGlzcGxheScsICdub25lJyk7Cn0pOw==\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-heading-template.php","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gs-tiny":false,"xl":false,"xxl":false,"xxxl":false,"xxxxl":false,"xxxxxl":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"mgaillard","author_link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/author\/mgaillard\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/space-argus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}