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Radar Plot

The Radar Plot has three tabs, each showing satellites' azimuth and elevation as viewed from your location.  You can choose the date and time for the plot, for historical searches.

Main Tab

The main tab shows the polar orbiting satellites that are currently visible from your location.  The satellite's previous track is shown as a "tail" so that you can judge the direction of motion.  You can choose to hide or display the satellite names, and the different satellites will be shown in different colours to help you distinguish them.

Geostationary Tab

The geostationary tab shows the geostationary satellites visible from your location.  If you do not have any geostationary satellites in your active list, no satellites will be displayed.  Again, you can shoose to hide or display the satellite names.

GPS Tab

The GPS tab shows the GPS satellite visible at your location.  Please note that you must have an up-to-date copy of the Kepler file gps-ops.txt from the Celestrak Web site.  This is the full URL: http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/gps-ops.txt  The GPS satellite numbers are shown.