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author | Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-02 21:21:34 +0000 |
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committer | Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-02 21:21:34 +0000 |
commit | 02228dc715146d21e8ff61f37ad9bc68d0734572 (patch) | |
tree | 12ffd63449533099bf2ef8739bb7227ce8b281f9 /astro/sattrack | |
parent | 8710d9efa8cc51ac7f233c6c8a68de93ed048482 (diff) | |
download | ports-02228dc715146d21e8ff61f37ad9bc68d0734572.tar.gz ports-02228dc715146d21e8ff61f37ad9bc68d0734572.zip |
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diff --git a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr index 241de804f72d..53379367e2e3 100644 --- a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr +++ b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr @@ -2,32 +2,23 @@ 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 +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 +and two different orbit prediction modes. The program can be run +from almost any VT100 compatible terminal. 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. 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> -Sun Mar 2 1997 +WWW: http://www.bester.com |