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This is a port of SatTrack version 3.1, which is
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Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Bester Tracking Systems. All Rights Reserved.
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SatTrack is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit propagation
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program with an X11 color world map tracking chart. It provides
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two different live displays, for single or multiple satellites,
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and two different orbit prediction modes. The program can be run
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from almost any VT100 compatible terminal. If the program is run
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from an X Window terminal, the realtime graphics display can be
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started up. It will show the location of any number of specified
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satellites like the Space Shuttle or the Russian Space Station Mir,
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featuring the circle of visibility for any selected spacecraft and
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for the primary and a number of secondary ground stations. Also
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shown are the ground track for the next three orbits, the black-out
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zones for communication through the TDRSS network, Mission Elapsed
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Time (MET), the terminator, spacecraft lighting conditions and
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other details. The world maps are provided in two different styles
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with four different sizes each. Program SatTrack is particularly
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interesting for the upcoming Shuttle - Mir rendezvous missions.
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The much advanced commercial off-the-shelf version of SatTrack
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(V4.0) can be obtained from Bester Tracking Systems.
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WWW: http://www.bester.com/
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