[amsat-bb] Re: Predict question

[Al Bolduc]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Andrew Rich wrote:

> I ran a script
>
> #!/bin/sh
> wget -qr www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt -O amateur.txt
> wget -qr www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/visual.txt -O visual.txt
> wget -qr www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt -O cubesat.txt
> /usr/bin/predict -u amateur.txt visual.txt cubesat.txt
>
> But it was only when I stopped the server I had running, and restarted it
> that the keps were used.
>
> I had a 5 degree difference between NOVA and predict.
>
> When I restarted predict, then predict matched NOVA.
>
> Is there a way to hit predict on the fly , or does a server re-start have to
> be carried out ?
>

See kep_reload in the predict source directory.


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