Hi J. Thomas, > I use the program Orbitron which can not read the some of > the Space-Track files (the most usefull ones to me). The only > Space-Track file it can read is the "alldata" file which has > no satellite names, just numbers which is useless. I have a program which will insert the name information on line 0 of each TLE, converting the file from 2-line format to 3-line format. If this would solve your dilemma, I'd be happy to send it to you. The only caveat is that it requires you to keep a text file called SATNAMES.DAT up-to-date as you learn the names of newly launched satellites. The file format is pretty obvious. > Orbitron can not read the Space-Track full satellite catalog file > that includes the names of the satellites (the file extension for > this file is called GZ file which even Windows XP can't open). This is a GZIP file (similar to a ZIP file). The DOS command for unzipping it is: > gzip -ad <filename> If you don't have the GZIP program, you can download it off the web I'm sure. --Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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