Re: Satellite Tool Kit
Frank Reed (f-reed@metabien.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:46:30 -0700
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:48:20 +0300 Grzegorz Koralewski <caliban@kki.net.pl>
wrote:
>Has any of you guys ever tried STK? I found it on it's producers site. I
>looks to be something extremely powerful, and it's free. I would like to
>know something about it, like if it's useful for an amateur like me. The
>file is extremely big. (7000K) There is some more satellite stuff there.
>
>http://www.stk.com/newweb/stkhome.cfm
You might want to request the free CD-ROM rather than doing the lengthy
download. As I recall, it took a lot of hard disk space to install,
leading me to believe there was a lot of data on the CD-ROM that I would
not have received in the download.
I installed STK from the CD-ROM and have played around with it. I needed
to get a password by email before it would run, but that was quick and easy.
I was somewhat frustrated by STK because many of the features described in
the manual (which I printed out and studied) are available only in the
"advanced" modules for which you have to purchase a license. For doing the
simpler things, I ended up falling back on the various tools I had
previously downloaded, such as Quicksat, IridFlar, SatSpy, etc.
I'll be interested in seeing what others have to say about STK.
- Frank
-- Frank Reed
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 111.898W 33.484 N 1227 feet