Ivy Iverson wrote:
II> I recently acquired STSPLUS, which tracks the "birds," but I need
  > launch data for the OSCARs and Sputnik Jr.  I can track any one 
ndividual
  > bird, but I get a number of others which I have no interest in.  I 
elieve
  > I need a block of data which looks similar to the following:
II> 19883,"TDRE ",  0.21696, -42.32385,10010
  > 21639,"TDRW ",  0.00762,-170.75246,10010
  > 23613,"TDR6 ", -0.07086,-159.36715,10002
Hello Ivy,
I have used STSPLUS to check it out.  The program lets you configure
what 'birds' you want to track.  You can setup 32 satellites per config
file (*.SCF) and as many files as disk space allows.
Press 'F6' from the main menu and then 'F1' to edit the list.  Mine looks
something like this:
         TDRS and Real Time Satellite Setup, SCF file: PACSAT.SCF
Sat#  NORAD#   Abbr        Mode  Color Size  Label  Vis        Color Chart
   1   19883   TDRE      Static   10     3     ON               1 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   2   21639   TDRW      Static   10     3     ON               2 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   3   20440   DO-17    Primary   12           ON  OFF          3 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   4   20439   AO-16  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          4 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   5   20441   WO-18  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          5 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   6   20442   LO-19  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          6 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   7   20480   FO-20  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          7 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   8   21087   AO-21  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          8 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
   9   22826   IO-26  Real Time   12           ON  OFF          9 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  10   14781   UO-11  Real Time   14           ON  OFF         10 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  11       0         (not used)                                 11 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  12       0         (not used)                                 12 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  13   20580   HST    Real Time   14           ON  OFF         13 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  14       0         (not used)                                 14 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  15   16609   MIR    Real Time   12           ON  OFF         15 = ÜÜÜÜÜ
  16       0         (not used)
Enter Satellite # to edit or press ENTER when done:
(The maximum Satellite # available is 32)
You will need to know the the Norad number which is also listed in the
Keps data.
AO-16
1 20439U 90005D   97330.16187085  .00000045  00000-0  34262-4 0 01149
2 20439 098.5288 051.5448 0012270 091.1024 269.1573 14.30028916409387
DO-17
1 20440U 90005E   97330.20154784  .00000046  00000-0  34523-4 0 01103
2 20440 098.5330 052.5586 0012194 089.8020 270.4566 14.30172400409426
WO-18
1 20441U 90005F   97330.13320526  .00000045  00000-0  34036-4 0 01259
2 20441 098.5307 052.3702 0012711 090.5361 269.7279 14.30138573409415
The program will auto-update its config files from the TLE format.
73,
// David //
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