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Nova v2.1

Home Page: www.nlsa.com/nfw.html     Northern Lights Software Associates
Version Release Date: 9/07/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: install.exe  Size: 7 MB
Details: Nova for Windows is an innovative satellite tracking program for use by beginners and professionals alike. Its features are limited only by your requirements and your computer's memory. Nova for Windows can track an unlimited number of satellites from an unlimited number of observers simultaneously. Tracking data may be presented in text format, in one of 100 maps, or both.

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Orbitron v2.21

Home Page: www.stoff.pl  Sebastian Stoff  
Version Release Date: 1/01/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: orbitron_2.21.exe  Size: 1.7 MB
Details: Orbitron will localize for you position of satellites in given time. It has many options and possibilities. It's full usable but still 'under construction'. I'm waiting for your opinion and bug reports. FEATURES: *NORAD SGP4/SDP4 orbital models; *1000 satellites can be loaded from TLE file; *200 of them can be tracked at same time; *Real time / Simulation modes; *advanced passes & Iridium flares search engine; *miscellaneous options of visualisation; *orbit info; *notes; *radar: *easy interface; *database of cities around the world; *and many more...

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SatBuster v1.6

Home Page: www.satbuster.com/  Paolo Cosetti  
Version Release Date: 24/02/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: satbuster15demo.zip  Size: 3.2 MB
Details: This program lets you track every satellite for which its orbital elements are available, Space Shuttle and International Space Station too. SATBUSTER is for everyone who is involved with the satellite tracking both beginners and experienced people, backyard astronomers or radio amateurs. It is especially designed for visual observation. Tabular data are integrated with sky maps: even an absolute beginner can easily track and recognize satellites. What's more sky maps can be printed and used for planned observations.

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SatScape v2.01

Home Page: www.satscape.co.uk/  Scott Hather  
Version Release Date: 16/11/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: SatScape201-Setup.exe  Size: 6 MB
Details: Satscape is a Freeware Program for the PC. It produces real-time displays of where any Satellite is, and predicts passes for your locale. There are about 8000+ satellites in orbit, a lot of these are just junk and debris such as discarded rocket bodies, but quite a few are working Satellites. Their positions can be calculated very accurately using pure maths, no need for a huge radar dish in your back garden. Satscape will do the maths for you, and present their positions in a nice graphical way. Passes over your part of the world can be predicted weeks in advance in a matter of seconds.

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SatSpy v4.03

Home Page: www.satspy.com/     Acappella Publishing
Version Release Date: 20/03/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: satspy.zip  Size: 2.3 MB
Details: SatSpy is a computer program that opens the way to the world of satellite viewing. Practitioners of this exciting hobby watch orbiting satellites using nothing more than their eyes and perhaps a pair of binoculars. SatSpy lets you do your own pass predictions, something that just a few years ago could only be done by the most powerful government computers.

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SatTrack v4.3

Home Page: www.bester.com/sattrack.html     Bester Tracking Systems
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
Filename:   Size:
Details: Commercial Off-The-Shelf Satellite Orbit Analysis Software for UNIX Platforms

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STSOrbit Plus v0123

Home Page: celestrak.com/software/dransom/stsplus.html  David H. Ransom, Jr.  
Version Release Date: 10/06/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: sop0123.exe  Size: 758 KB
Details: STSORBIT PLUS, usually known as STSPLUS, is intended for use during Space Shuttle missions and for general satellite tracking using NASA/NORAD 2-Line Orbital Elements. One primary satellite and up to 32 additional "static" or "real time" satellites may be simultaneously tracked in real time on most computers. Both orthographic and rectangular VGA color map projections are available, displaying the Earth as a globe or the more traditional "flat map". A new "Night Vision" mode shows the maps in RED to protect the user's night vision, great for color laptops! Tabular line-of-sight satellite pass predictions may be made from within STSORBIT PLUS and passes of interest may be easily displayed. STSPLUS is widely used throughout NASA and USAF as well as by thousands of "just plain folks" worldwide. STSPLUS was seen operating on the Russian Mir Space Station on NASA Television during the STS-86 mission on 02 October 1997.

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TrackingSat

Home Page: www.geosats.com     Wayana Software
Version Release Date: 19/10/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: satelite.exe  Size: 4.8 MB
Details: Trackingsat is a Satellite Tracking Program. Trackingsat is useful to assist satellite professionals, operators and domestic users that need to install your antenna and align it with the satellites in orbit. Trackingsat is ideal software for Satellite Dish Installers, Ku Satellite Trucks, Portable Fly-Aways, Satellite Site Surveyors, Broadcast TV and RV DBS Owners. Trackingsat computes antenna azimuth and elevation in international locations. Trackingsat supply magnetic declination to world-wide locations. With him, you get with exactness the feedhorn position (focal point), f/D ratios, polar mounting declination, antenna temperature, merit factor (G/T), carrier noise ratio (C/N) and evaluate the system quality. Also, compute solar outages dates (to prevent damages for your equipment) and sunrise and sunset times of your location.

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WinOrbit v3.6

Home Page: www.sat-net.com/winorbit/  Carl Gregory  
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: winorb36.zip  Size: 488 KB
Details: WinOrbit is a free software package for Microsoft Windows (3.1 or later), which will compute and display the position of artificial earth satellites. This is a program I wrote as a hobby, in order to learn more about satellite orbits and tracking (and programming), but which I thought might also be useful to others.

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WinTrak - TrakSat v6.0/v4.09

Home Page: home.hiwaay.net/~wintrak/    
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: trak409.zip  Size: 600 KB
Details: WinTrak Pro the first and only Win95/98/NT/2000 satellite tracking program. Full 32-Bit power! Great new graphics! This is the flag ship satellite tracking software. This version adds many new features and improvements that will make this version one of the best ever. We are now shipping version 6.0. WinTrak Satellite Tracking Program For Windows 3.1. The standard by which other programs are measured. TRAKSAT Satellite Tracking Program For DOS. Fully protected mode now! The 640K barrier has been smashed! Version 4.09 Now Released!

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WXtrack v3.40

Home Page: www.satsignal.net/  David Taylor  
Version Release Date: 24/09/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: wxtrack340.zip  Size: 616 KB
Details: This program is designed to predict the tracks of satellites both as paths above the earth, and as images produced by these satellites when scanning the ground. It was designed for use during the early stages of my weather satellite receiving activities, when clouds and interference prevented easy identification of what I was actually observing! Read more about using WXtrack. The core orbit prediction elements are also available as a component that you can use in your own software. This program is free for amateur use, but if you do wish to say thank you, or you want technical support, you should register WXtrack

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