Satellite Tracking

[Guest Reimar]

For All of you who is interested in Satellite Tracking, there's is a free software available for download at: http://www.stoff.pl

This software has a lot interested features take a look:

Orbitron is a satellite tracking system for radio amateur and observing purposes. It's also used by weather professionals, satellite communication users, astronomers, UFO hobbyist and even astrologers.

Application shows the positions of satellites at any given moment (in real or simulated time). It's FREE (Cardware) and it's probably one of the easiest and most powerful satellite trackers, according to opinions of thousands of users from all over the world. I'm still working on it, waiting for your opinions and bug reports. Please try it. If you like it - tell your friends about it and send me a postcard...

FEATURES:

NORAD SGP4/SDP4 prediction models

20 000 satellites can be loaded from TLE file(s) (auto: PC/Unix, 2/3 line)

ALL of them can be tracked at the same time

Sun and Moon tracking

Full-screen, presentation modes

Supported screen resolutions from 640x480

Real-time mode / Simulation mode (free time control)

Advanced passes & Iridium flares search engine (results printing)

Miscellaneous options of visualisation

Nightlife (dark color-scheme for night usage)

Orbit info

Notes for each object

Radar

Easy, flexible interface

Database of cities around the world

Database of satellite frequencies

PC clock synchronization via NTP

Internet TLE updater (with ZIP support) via HTTP

Rotor/radio control (built-in or user's driver support)

Windows screen-saver included

Translations supported

and many, many, more...

For those of you who want to connect to TV-Satellite systems it will be interested to get the required information and this software is maybe the tool for it!

Edited March 31, 2007 by Reimar