Get TLE orbital elements for a NORAD ID satellite and date

getTLE.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8

'''
	GEt TLE orbital elements for a Satellite

	@author Jose Gomez Castaño jgcasta@gmail.com
	@version 1.0.0

	@precondition username and password to login into www.space-track.org website is needed
'''

import urllib, urllib2, cookielib
import datetime

noradId = '25544'
fecha = '2014/04/01'

baseURL = 'https://www.space-track.org'
username = 'youruser'
password = 'yourpass'

d = datetime.datetime.strptime(fecha, "%Y/%m/%d")
d1 = d + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
dstr = d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
d1str = d1.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

print "Connecting..."
cj = cookielib.CookieJar()
opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
parameters = urllib.urlencode({'identity': username ,'password': password})
opener.open(baseURL + '/ajaxauth/login', parameters)
queryString = baseURL +"/basicspacedata/query/class/tle/format/tle/NORAD_CAT_ID/"+noradId+"/EPOCH/"+dstr+"%2000:00:00--"+d1str+"%2000:00:00"
resp = opener.open(queryString)

TLE = resp.read()
print "---------------------------------TLE---------------------------------\n"
print TLE

opener.close()