About a year ago the US gov't decided that satellite elements should not be so freely distributed. You can still get them, but from what I can see from the way CDC handles satellites, it has not been updated for this. When I try to use it for this, it tries to download the elements from Mike McCant's site, but you can't get them from that site anymore.
You can still get them from the gov't at <http://www.space-track.org>. You have to sign up for a user name and password there. Then put the TLE files in the cat\satellites directory. I'm guessing that your current elements are probably too old to be accurate, so CDC is giving you an error message. One other site that has been authorized to distribute them is Celestrak, at <http://celestrak.com>/NORAD/elements/ -John --- hensydau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Group, > This is my first posting to this forum, although I have been following > your discussions for quite some time. > I do use CdC for my amateur astronomy obsorvations and love it. Many > thanks to Patrick and you people clearing some issues for those like me. > > Now,I have a small problem with the artificial satellites part of the > program. > Somehow I can not sort it out and hope perhaps some of you can put me > in the righ direction. > Here as it goes: > Through Calendar icon I select Artificial Satellites tab. It promtly > picks up tle files (iridium, visual and few other) from cat\satellites > directory and displays them in the little TLE window for further > selection. > After setting date from-to, limiting mag at 99 and checking for current > chart I click Refresh button. At this a "Satellite file error" pops up. > It happens all the time regardles of the selected Tle file, limitting > mag or any checked or unchecked box. > The .tle files are in the cat\satellites directory but I can't get a > display of any satellite elements in the Artificial Satellites window > due to that error message. > > So, where is the problem? I'd appreciate your advice. > > Thanks > Henry > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
