satTracker200

Description

Python-based satellite pass prediction/tracking software for the LX200 classic telescope.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.6
• PyEphem
• PySerial

Included Files

• satTracker200.py - Main script that deals with satellite pass prediction and tracking
• satTracker200.config.example - Example satTracker200.py configuration file
• downloadQSMag.py - Utility to download and extract the QuickSat intrinsic magnitude file
• refreshTLEs.py - Utility to help keep two-line element set (TLE) files up to date

Setup

1. Copy the 'satTracker200.config.example' file to 'satTracker200.config' and update it for your site. You will want to change the latitude, longitude, elevation, utcOffset, and port parameters.

2. Run 'downloadQSMag.py' to grab the satellite magnitude list.

3. Run 'refreshTLEs.py' to download the latest TLEs from www.celestrak.com.

Usage

Tracking Mode (Default)

python3 satTracker200.py visual.txt science.txt

Prediction Mode

python3 satTracker200.py -p visual.txt science.txt

For a complete list of options for the included scripts, see the integrated help.