[guide-user] New function of Satellite Prediction

Masaki Kouda Dec 8, 1999

Hi Bill,

I downloaded and enjoyed new function of predicting artifical satellites.
What a great function! I think it'll be very useful function on Guide.

On dialog box of [Table ...list satellite passes] :

(A) Putting 'ISS' to [satellite name] and '5' to [Number of days],
it makes 5-days visible prediction of ISS.

(B) Putting 'GPS*' to [satellite name] and '5' to [Number of days],
it makes 5-days visible prediction of All of GPS sattelites.

(C) Putting '*' to [satellite name] and '1' to [Number of days],
it makes Today's visible prediction of ALL of Sattelites.

I think many of Satellite Prediction Software can do (C).
When I want to use prediction date like (A), I need to run software
for 5 days, and then need to pick up data of Mir.

New function give result very easilly. This function save my time.


I hope Guide can do as:

(1) Make prediction of visible sattelites
(2) Click on the TIME data of prediction
(3) Guide set date & time to that TIME data, and redraw.


Kouda