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Written by Dave Grennan
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Satellite Tracker is now a free piece of software to enable any goto enabled scope to track artifical satellites such as the ISS.
 Satellite Tracker is a remarkable piece of software allowing any goto scope to track orbiting satellites such as ISS. This software is now free (it used to cost 20USD) but it seems the author has gotten fed up supporting it and decided just to release it for free. However it is not easy to find as the website where it used to be located is gone. Not to worry as I have gotten hold of a copy of the latest version and uploaded it. Get the latest version here (Save to disk) and then run the install program. (Accept the default install location folder). You will need the very latest orbital elements for the ISS to be successful. Click here; Copy and paste everything on this page into a notepad file and save it as; C:\LXSAT\100.txt When you run satellite tracker click the Open File button down the bottom (in the TLE data section) locate the file you just saved and you're good to go. You will of course need to have your scope connected via the Hand control cable and probably need a Serial to USB convertor if your computer doesn't have a real serial port. |
