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Using with the International Space Station (ISS) and Shuttle
There are a number of features designed to enhance WXtrack for ISS and Shuttle acitvities. See the Options, ISS / Shuttle menu for setting:
A list of ground stations that can be displayed
Whether or not MET is to be displayed - see TLEnotes.txt for details
Whether or not geostationary satellite footprints are adjusted for satellite altitude
You can now also get the height in miles as well as kilometres by hovering the mouse over the Alt: display (in the status panel, only displayed if there is sufficient room on the display).
Getting two-line Kepler data for the ISS and Shuttle
Create a text file called STSnew.txt (or whatever) in the same folder as your other orbit data (i.e. the same folder as weather.txt). For STS-111, for example, edit the file with Notepad to contain:
STS-111
1 27440U 02028A 02157.01016003 .00031915 42529-8 52856-4 0 29
2 27440 51.6351 109.4765 0075530 182.6973 177.3639 15.96833347 36
or for the ISS:
ISS (ZARYA)
1 25544U 98067A 13360.93889909 .00009146 00000-0 16762-3 0 3302
2 25544 051.6493 233.3055 0004516 316.6423 121.3116 15.50069092864608
The late Dave Ransom (Web: http://www.dransom.com) offered a regular update service for Shuttle missions. The Keplers are updated several times a day. Here are the details from his Web site:
If you wish to receive these data (TLEs and state vectors) via e-mail, please send a message from the address where you wish to receive the data to:
listproc@spacelink.nasa.gov
Leave the subject blank and put the following text in your message:
subscribe ststle Firstname Lastname
Please substitute your real first and last names for "Firstname" and "Lastname". You will receive an acknowledgement that your name and e-mail address have been added to the STSTLE Distribution List. This service is provided in cooperation with NASA Spacelink, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
Dave also offers a service for ISS and other data:
TLEs via e-mail: If you wish to receive MIR Space Station / Hubble Space Telescope (HST) / International Space Station (ISS) Orbital Data via EMAIL please follow these instructions:
* Send a message from the email address where you wish to receive the data
* Send to: TLElist-subscribe@idb.com.au
* Leave the subject line blank
* Leave the message blank
You will receive an acknowledgement request that your name and e-mail address is to be added to the TLElist Distribution List. Reply to this and you will receive a final confirmation once your subscription is complete.