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diff --git a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr index f21e136e0b96..241de804f72d 100644 --- a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr +++ b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,33 @@ -This is a port of SatTrack version 3.1, written by manfred Bester. -SatTrack is a satellite tracking program. It provides two different -live displays, for single or multiple satellites, and two different -orbit prediction facilities. Cursor controls used in both live -displays are compatible with the VT100 standard, which allows the -program to be run basically from any terminal. An X Window color -graphics display with the typical world map tracking chart and a -number of important features has been added in this version. The -orbit prediction can be run either interactively or in a batch -mode. In the latter case all necessary parameters are specified -on the command line. - -Port to FreeBSD 2.1 by +This is a port of SatTrack version 3.1, which is +Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Bester Tracking Systems. All Rights Reserved. + +SatTrack is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit propagation +program with an X11 color world map tracking chart. It provides +two different live displays, for single or multiple satellites, +and two different orbit prediction modes. Cursor controls used in +the numerical live displays are compatible with the VT100 standard, +which allows the program to be run basically from any terminal +without the graphics display. If the program is run from an X Window +terminal, the realtime graphics display can be started up. It will +show the location of any number of specified satellites like the +Space Shuttle or the Russian Space Station Mir, featuring the circle +of visibility for any selected spacecraft and for the primary and +a number of secondary ground stations. Also shown are the ground +track for the next three orbits, the black-out zones for communication +through the TDRSS network, Mission Elapsed Time (MET), the terminator, +spacecraft lighting conditions and other details. The world maps +are provided in two different styles with four different sizes +each. Program SatTrack is particularly interesting for the upcoming +Shuttle - Mir rendezvous missions. + +Current on-line information on SatTrack can be found on the World +Wide Web page with the following URL: + + http://www.bester.com + +The much advanced commercial off-the-shelf version of SatTrack +(V4.0) can be obtained from Bester Tracking Systems. + +Port to FreeBSD 2.2 by Brent J. Nordquist <bjn@visi.com> -Sat Apr 6 22:29:02 1996 +Sun Mar 2 1997 |