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- SatTrack is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit propagation
- program with an X11 color world map tracking chart. It provides
- two different live displays, for single or multiple satellites,
- and two different orbit prediction modes. Cursor controls used in
- the numerical live displays are compatible with the VT100 standard,
- which allows the program to be run basically from any terminal
- without the graphics display. If the program is run from an X Window
- terminal, the realtime graphics display can be started up. It will
- show the location of any number of specified satellites like the
- Space Shuttle or the Russian Space Station Mir, featuring the circle
- of visibility for any selected spacecraft and for the primary and
- a number of secondary ground stations. Also shown are the ground
- track for the next three orbits, the black-out zones for communication
- through the TDRSS network, Mission Elapsed Time (MET), the terminator,
- spacecraft lighting conditions and other details. The world maps
- are provided in two different styles with four different sizes
- each. Program SatTrack is particularly interesting for the upcoming
- Shuttle - Mir rendezvous missions.
- Current on-line information on SatTrack can be found on the World
- Wide Web page with the following URL:
- http://www.bester.com
- The much advanced commercial off-the-shelf version of SatTrack
- can be obtained from Bester Tracking Systems.
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