SV: potential visibility utility

Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:03:09 +0200

Eric Thayer <eht@cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

>
>I extract the catalog numbers in the quicksat predictions from the =
evening
>(configured to only give one line per satellite).
>
>Next I give these catalog numbers to a perl script that gets the TLE's =
from
>OIG.
>
>The perl code is at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~eht/sat/oig-get.pl
>....

Is perl only available for Unix ?

I have used a similar technique to create an elset file when I travel to =
a place far south from me.

I run predictions for the vacation resort, then for (a longer time) at =
my home location.

My program 'buildsel  filename  selectionfile'  can build a table of all =
unique ID's found in each of the two runs.

A 'dif' program finds all objects visible at the southern location =
'never' visible from home.

'applysel   alldat.tle   smallselectionfile   small.tle'  builds a clean =
tle file with only 'new' objects.