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How to convert TLE to Celestia's SSC file?

Is there any easy to use conversion tool?

I want to see the latest track in Celestia

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?CATNR=25544&FORMAT=tle

Some tools include:

• orbit_translate, a script for fetching and converting TLE to SSC
• tle2ssc: Celestia GNSS GPS Galileo Glonass Beidou TLE to SSC

Thanks for the reply. When I run translate_orbit.py it shows error, can you try it?

When I run translate_orbit.py I get a list of three categories - "notice", "gp-statistics", and "master-gp-index". These all return HTML files rather than lists of spacecraft. The category given as an example, "stations", is not listed and returns an error when trying to access it. Most likely this is a result of changes in the source database and the script needs to be updated. Have you tried the other script?

Try this. The ODS file is for Libre/Open Office, the XLS file was converted from the first (there may be some bugs).
This file is based on the code from translate_orbit.py. Just copy lines of TLE and paste it into the appropriate cells.