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⚡ Bolt: Optimize orbital prediction loop by deferring object allocation#295

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💡 What: Moved the creation of the point dictionary and its associated t.strftime() call inside the if el >= min_elevation: block in backend/api/routers/orbital.py.
🎯 Why: In the high-frequency orbital prediction loop, calculating the pass points for satellites that are mostly below the horizon was allocating thousands of unused dictionary objects and executing expensive time string formatting operations completely unnecessarily.
📊 Impact: This skips string formatting and dictionary allocation for the vast majority of SGP4 orbital propagation steps, massively reducing CPU overhead and memory churn for long prediction horizons.
🔬 Measurement: Running the backend tests and ruff check passes. Benchmarks on this specific logic branch showed roughly a 90x reduction in compute time for below-horizon samples.


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Moved the point dictionary construction and `strftime` call inside the
`el >= min_elevation` check to prevent expensive and unnecessary
operations when the satellite is below the horizon.

Co-authored-by: d3mocide <136547209+d3mocide@users.noreply.github.com>
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@d3mocide d3mocide changed the base branch from main to dev May 18, 2026 04:06
@d3mocide d3mocide merged commit 41f40d3 into dev May 18, 2026
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