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From: poole@ut-emx.UUCP (Steve Poole)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Any orbital elements available?
Keywords: orbit elements satellite prediction program
Message-ID: <6546@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 88 19:16:01 GMT
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In article <18800@cci632.UUCP> fwb@cci632.UUCP (Fred Brunner) writes:
>
>I would be interested if anyone has software and a source of orbital elements
>for visual satellite spotting.
>

There is a good program for the Macintosh called MacSat.  It
does all sorts of things, including calculating times and
positions for visual satellite spotting.  Here's the info on
MacSat.  As of 8/88, the program cost $10.  You can get the
program by sending $10 to

Bek Developers
1732 74th Circle NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33702

As for getting orbit elements, orbit elements are posted about
once a week to sci.space, under the title of NASA Prediction
Bulletins.  The MacSat program can read that file once you get
it to a Mac and strip off the top and bottom lines, leaving
only orbit elements in the file.






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