[Kstars-devel] KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars

[Jason Harris]

Well, it looks like the satellite track positions are not accurate.  I'm 
comparing them to various sources online, especially heavens-above.com 
and spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata.

For example, these websites predict a pass by HST over Tucson, AZ on 18 
April 2007 at 4:25 am, local time.  But I'm not seeing an HST pass in 
KStars anywhere near that time.

I'm trying to figure out what the problem is.

Jason

Jason Harris wrote:
> SVN commit 653680 by harris:
> 
> New feature:  Earth Satellite tracks!
> 
> The display shows a curve across the sky, which is the 
> path of a satellite over the next hour from the current 
> location.  The color of the curve can be modified, and 
> you can toggle whether satellite tracks are drawn in 
> the Solar System tab of the Options window.
> 
> TODO:
> + Right now, only three satellites are included: HST, 
> ISS, and UARS.  Many more are available, these are just 
> for testing the feature.
> 
> + Need to add satellite data to the Get New Stuff mechanism
> 
> + Add tickmarks to the tracks, indicating the time of the 
> passage
> 
> + The path should be darkened where the satellite is in 
> Earth's shadow (this information is already available, it's 
> just a matter of using it).
> 
> + Make thickness of the line proportional to brightness of 
> the satellite?
> 
> CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde.org
> 
> 
> 
>  M  +3 -0      colorscheme.cpp  
>  M  +1 -0      data/chart.colors  
>  M  +1 -0      data/default.colors  
>  M  +6 -5      data/moonless-night.colors  
>  M  +1 -0      data/night.colors  
>  M  +8 -14     data/satellites.dat  
>  M  +5 -0      kstars.kcfg  
>  M  +61 -72    opssolarsystem.ui  
>  M  +1 -1      skycomponents/constellationboundarycomponent.cpp  
>  M  +2 -2      skycomponents/constellationlinescomposite.cpp  
>  M  +1 -2      skycomponents/milkywaycomposite.cpp  
>  M  +10 -1     skycomponents/satellitecomponent.cpp  
>  M  +3 -1      skycomponents/satellitecomponent.h  
>  M  +77 -25    skycomponents/satellitecomposite.cpp  
>  M  +24 -2     skycomponents/satellitecomposite.h  
>  M  +69 -15    skycomponents/skymapcomposite.cpp  
>  M  +21 -35    skycomponents/skymapcomposite.h  
> 
> 
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