IDSat assists in the identification of observed satellites, by computing and tabulating close appulses of known satellites relative to the observed time and position. It was inspired by, and is conceptually similar to Mike McCants' Findsat program, but provides additional information, and includes various convenience features. In addition to reporting appulse time and position difference, IDSat provides the predicted visual magnitude, radar cross-section area (RCS), direction of travel, angular velocity and estimated prediction accuracy. IDSat automatically detects and decodes observations input in the IOD and U.K. formats, including Russell Eberst's variant of the latter. It also reads Findsat's *.ctl input files. The program obtains size and magnitude data from a file derived from my database. Mike McCants' quicksat.mag may be used as an alternative. The program's operation can by customized somewhat by editing its initialization file. IDSat is an MS-DOS program, developed and tested within DOS windows running under Windows 95 and Windows XP Professional. Mike McCants has kindly made the program available for download on the programs page of his web site; look for IDSat.zip: http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/programs/index.html Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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