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--- en:documentation:artificial_satellites [2012/06/02 11:14] – pch
+++ en:documentation:artificial_satellites [2023/11/14 12:06] (current) – Update Mike McCant's website URL oldherl
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-The calculation for artificial satellites uses [[http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants/|Mike McCant's QuickSat]] program and Robert Matson's Iridflar program. Take the time to read the documentation for these programs. It is located in the data/quicksat and data/iridflar folder.
+The calculation for artificial satellites uses [[https://www.mmccants.org/programs/index.html|Mike McCant's QuickSat]] program and Robert Matson's Iridflar program. Take the time to read the documentation for these programs. It is located in the data/quicksat and data/iridflar folder.
 First select the date range for the prediction, the limiting magnitude for the list and to plot to the chart, the TLE file to use for the calculation (use the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple files). Use the two check boxes on the right if you want to see daytime pass or if you want to include the Iridium flare to the list.
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   * estimated error on the prediction time in minutes or for the flare the distance and direction to the flare maximum, and the direction of the satellite movement.
-If the magnitude is between brackets this indicates that the absolute magnitude of the satellite is not known and the calculated value assumes an absolute magnitude of 6. The magnitude file "Quicksat.mag" can be updated from http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants/ , replace the file in the [[directories_and_files|User settings]]\satellite folder.
+If the magnitude is between brackets this indicates that the absolute magnitude of the satellite is not known and the calculated value assumes an absolute magnitude of 6. The magnitude file "qs.mag" is updated from https://www.mmccants.org/programs/qsmag.zip along with the tle. You can also replace the file in the [[directories_and_files|User settings]]\satellite folder manually.
 Clicking on the list shows the chart of this satellite pass but also any other object brighter than the limiting magnitude in a time range of +/- 6 minutes.
-Please update the TLE element files regularly (at least every week) using the "TLE download" button. The files shipped with the program are examples only.
+{{:en:documentation:artsat.png?450|}}
-The button "Download TLE" show you a message with the path where you need to put the files and then open your web browser to the space-track.org web page. But you can also use the elements from http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements if you prefer.
+Please update the TLE element files regularly (at least every week) using the "TLE download" button. \\
+You can select the URL source you want to download from Setup->[[internet#artificial_satellites|Internet]]
-====== Require software installation ======
+The button "Download TLE" download and install the selected files, or if the list is empty, it show you a message with the path where you need to put the files and then open your web browser to the space-track.org web page.
+You can also use a script to download the files. The following example can be used as a starting point to get the files you need. You can get tledownload [[http://www.ap-i.net/pub/skychart/satellites/tledownload.zip|for Windows]] or [[http://www.ap-i.net/pub/skychart/satellites/tledownload.tgz|for Linux or Mac]]. It require you create a [[https://www.space-track.org|space-track]] account first.
+===== Require software installation =====
 The Quicksat program is a win32 application, it run natively on Windows 32 and 64 bits.\\
-On Linux and Mac you need to install [[http://www.winehq.org/|Wine]]:\\
+On Linux and Mac you need to install [[http://www.winehq.org/|Wine]]:
-Linux:
+Linux Debian/Ubuntu:
 <code>
 sudo apt-get install wine
+</code>
+Linux Fedora:
+<code>
 yum install wine
 </code>
 Mac: See the [[installation_on_mac_os_x#wine|specific page about Wine installation]]
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 The Iridflar program is a dos16 application, it run natively only on Windows 32 bits.\\
 On Windows 64 bits a version of Dosbox is include with the Skychart installer.\\
-On Linux and Mac you need to install [[http://www.dosbox.com/|Dosbox]]:\\
+On Linux and Mac you need to install [[http://www.dosbox.com/|Dosbox]]:
-Linux:
+Linux Debian/Ubuntu:
 <code>
 sudo apt-get install dosbox
+</code>
+Linux Fedora:
+<code>
 yum install dosbox
 </code>
 Mac: See [[installation_on_mac_os_x#wine|just after the Wine installation]]