RE: Intro & questions
Jeff Hunt (jhunt@radix.net)
Tue, 4 Nov 97 16:48:38
Hello Mike & others,
I might be able to answer a couple of questions.
--- On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 11:08:29 PST Mike_Spreitzer.PARC@xerox.com wrote in
part:
>What I'd like is a prog that does SDP4 and can print a star chart.
Try satspy version 2.5 located at:
http://www.satspy.com
>Once I get the elsets, I sometimes have to massage them. For example,
>Molczan's file comes with some extra junk at the beginning and end, but
>some progs want only 3N lines. Anybody got a prog that will fix this?
Junk!!! ain't no stinking junk at the beginning and end!!!!!!
A simple little utility for PCs is a program (I've forgotten the author,
sorry) that runs in DOS called "inputle". If you go to the vsohp
/tletools.htm page you will find a link to that program.
I would recommending downloading grouped elsets for Iridiums. There are
several sources listed on the vsohp /iridium.html page. These are updated
more frequently than the molczan files that are updated weekly. Alan
Pickup's elsets are updated 3Xs daily from OIG, I believe.
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