Sattelites

edilcs · Post #1by **edilcs** » 15.03.2005, 03:54

I'm taking an introductory satellite course; we are now working with orbital theory. I download the geostationary and eccentric orbit satellites from the motherload site and show that to the professor. He found it interesting and asks me to show it to the rest of the class. Next time I will keep my mouth shut :? , but for now, is there anything else that can be done with Celestia related to satellites?

It will be good if a plane that cuts earth through the equator and another for the satellite orbit can be drawn to then show the alpha and gamma angles, the sub-satellite projection over earth's surface like the thing you do for eclipses, stuff like that. Any other ideas?

By the way I know nothing about cel files and the next class is next Wednesday. :roll:

julesstoop · Post #2by **julesstoop** » 15.03.2005, 11:59

I don't know if it's of any help, but this piece of software seems to be more like what you are looking for:
http://www.xtrememac.com/freefall/

edilcs · Post #3by **edilcs** » 15.03.2005, 14:25

WOW!!! that's look very good

wait a minute, argh!!!! I don't have a MAC!!!!!

now I wonder are there any other software that do the same thing but working under windows or linux!!!

Post #4by **selden** » 15.03.2005, 15:03

A list of satellite tracking programs for Windows, Unix, etc. is at http://satobs.org/orbsoft.html

mcclungs · Post #5by **mcclungs** » 12.08.2005, 02:50

So, edilcs, did you find a good application? I'm curious, because I'm looking for something similar.