Nice work Tony! Once I got over my catgen fear I also found it easy to create custom catalogs. CdC is great!
Sander Tony Hurtado wrote: > > 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/. > <http://users2.ev1.net/%7Emmccants/.> (Note: This > web site is moving on or about Nov 12, 2006 to > http://www.io.com/~mmccants/. <http://www.io.com/%7Emmccants/.> 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] <mailto:thurtado%40yahoo.com> > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:skychart-discussion%40yahoogroups.com>, "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/
