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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