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- -- NASAORB --
- version 1.1
-
-
- This program reads a sequential file in a NASADATA format and loads
- the satellite information into a file suitable for use with the new
- version of the SATEQ program written by OE1HSI. It is similar to the
- NASALOAD program written by CE3IAT but produces the new format required
- by the latest version of the SATEQ satellite tracking program. It will
- not work with the older versions of SATE.
-
- Input to the program consists of a file called NASADATA.ORB which
- must be in the current directory and is available from NASA or your
- favorite Ham Radio BBS.
-
- The output file is called SATKEPN.DAT. It will be created if it does
- not exist in the current directory and overwritten (without warning) if
- it does exist. You may want to make a backup copy of your old SATKEPN.DAT
- file just in case. The program will truncate the satellite name to
- 9 characters if the input file contains more than 9. The program will
- also replace any blanks in the satellite name with the underscore
- character "_" and convert any lower case letters to upper case as
- required by SATEQ. It will also automatically create a dummy last
- satellite called "END" with all 0 numbers as required by SATEQ. The
- beacon frequency field will be set to 0 for all satellites since this
- information is not available in the NASADATA.ORB file.
-
- The program is written in Microsoft C and source code is included.
-
- Note - SATEQ will accept a maximum of 20 satellites but the limit is
- 15 for the real time prediction feature. NASAORB will now
- print a friendly reminder if it processes more than 15 satellites.
-
- Changes for version 1.1 - 1/23/90
- - Warning for more than 15 satellites
- - Truncate satellite name to 9 (vs. 10) characters
- - Support tabs in input file (assuming standard tab handling)
- - Print version number and number of satellites processed
-
- -- Lou Voerman KB2XN