FW: UNIX satellite tracking programs

Stephen Thompson (SThompson@esiusa.com)
Mon, 29 Jul 96 14:23:00 PDT

> Why is it that all the amateur satellite tracking programs are all
> DOS/Windows based? (Is there a "zip" unpacker for UNIX? I don't know of 
one.)
> Years ago I saw a C source for "seesat" go by, and hacked it (very very
> slightly) so it would run under UNIX. That ancient version is available
> in the directory ftp://sepftp.stanford.edu/pub/astronomy/SEESAT, if 
anyone's
> interested. If there is any newer UNIX/C satellite tracking program I'd be
> interested in hearing about it. Also in that directory is included the 
kluge
> wrapper script I wrote that enabled people to automatically get customized
> predictions for SEDS-2 passes via e-mail, back in March-April 1994.

Over the past couple of years Kulbinder Kalirai has updated SEESAT4 to 
SEESAT5 including many performance and user interface improvements, now Dale 
Sheetz has taken it to Unix.

The user interface is not for the faint hearted, but it is fast and 
reliable.

Seesat5 is available as a Debian Linux package and as a Source Package
from:
                                       /-binary/misc/seesat5_xxx.deb
ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/buzz/-
                                       \-source/misc/seesat5-xx.tar.gz
or:

ftp://dwarf.polaris.net/debian/seesat5_0.90-3_i386.deb
                                      and
                               seesat5-0.90-3.tar.gz
   (10am-2pm, 7pm-10pm, EDT weekdays)

Debian Linux is free and available via ftp from ftp.debian.org and it's
mirrors.


Stephen
SThompson@esiusa.com