> I would like to know if anyone has developed scripts that automatically > log into the space-track.org web site, fill in the various fields, and > returned orbit elements. Is everybody just doing it manually? Recall > that Doyle Groves had written a Perl script that worked with OIG, but > that used the telnet protocol, and I don't believe telent is an option > with space-track. > > Gene Heyler > Columbia MD Gene, Your correct, ST use a cookie login system rather than the Apache "Basic Auth" that was easy to mimic. You need to first get a valid cookie for your session before making further download requests. I have written a VB script that can get data automatically from the ST site. Also, I wrote a small C program that can get the cookie and then be stored in a Netscape cookies.txt file format so that wget -O - | gunzip > file.tle can be used in the Unix world. You need to re-acquire a cookie as they only have a 2 hour life span. I have sent both scripts to Ted to include in his software download section but, failing that, if you need them contact me directly and I'll email the bundle to you. Regards Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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