For any of you that are interested in observing geosynchronous satellites, I've answered my own question from last week and come up with what I think is a pretty workable solution.
I've uploaded a zip file, geosync_cat_kit.zip, that has everything you need within it except Mike McCann's HighFly which is available from his web site at http://users2.ev1.net/%7Emmccants/. (Note: This web site is moving on or about Nov 12, 2006 to http://www.io.com/~mmccants/. This is a good resource, so don't lose track of it!!) Once you have a TLE file in hand (www.space-track.com is a good place to get this as they have geosync only TLEs available as well as everything else), place it in the same directory as the unpacked zip file and run the included batch file. This will generate a flat text file from which CatGen can build a catalog. Then run CatGen, load the catalog descriptor, GeoSats.prj, and generate the catalog. The resulting catalog can be accessed from CdC by adding it under the Catalogs tab on the menu pull-down Prefs|Cats & Objs. Right now the Catgen setup will place the catalog in C:\Program Files\Ciel\cat\externes\geosyncs\. You may have to adjust paths to suit your system. To locate a satellite, search for its alternate catalog name (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], see the file resultant geocat.txt for details). The 4 numerals after the @ are the 24hr time. Data points are available in half hour increments. Email me off-list if you have questions. Works great!! Isn't CdC great?! You can even add functionality that didn't exist before. Tony Hurtado Silicon Valley, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In [email protected], "Tony Hurtado" <tony- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Patrick or anyoen else with experience on satellite plotting, > > A long while ago there were a few messages concerning plotting > geosync satellites (see Msgs 2791, 2801, and 2802). To make a long > story short, there is a program called HighFly that will deal with > the special complexities of geosync satellites and spit out their > coordinates in much the same way that Quicksat does today for other > satellites. > > I'd like to plot these in CdC either by modifying the > call/script/??? that calls Quicksat (and optinoally Iridium) to > generate the OUTPUT.TXT file that contains satellite plotting info, > or to just substitute another OUTPUT.txt file directly. > > Any ideas on how this could be accomplished? Ideally, all three > programs (QuickSat, Iridium, and HighFly) could be called to > generate a single OUTPUT.TXT file for plotting. > > Thanks in advance, > Tony Hurtado > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
