[amsat-bb] Nova for Windows ver 2.1v users - new sats in Database

Joe nss at mwt.net
Sat Oct 29 14:03:52 UTC 2016


I installed Nova, But when I try to run it, I get this error.


Suggestions?

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On 10/29/2016 8:28 AM, Adrian Engele via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Jim,
> You will need to do a manual import. I am using Firefox to describe download.
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> Go to : http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txtDo a Right Click Save Page to a location of your choice. Folder, Desktop, etc.
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> Save it and then open it. In my case I had to change the font to a smaller font and then resave it for some reason as Nova would not take it.
> Then in Nova go to Keps Elements >Disk File update>Manual update from File. Point to the file. That will import the latest keps from AMSAT.
> You will then have to set up AO-85 in your Amateur Group. I assume you know how to do that. It is covered in the Nova Manual. SO-50 should already be in the Nova database. While AO-85 is not.
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> Good luck 73, Adrian AA5UK
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>        From: "jim at beeson.cc" <jim at beeson.cc>
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> I asked the question wrong below. How do I get the new sats, like AO-85 & SO-50 into the Amateur Database?
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> Date: Fri, October 28, 2016 10:27 pm
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>> I use Nova for Windows to track birds. I had to re-install it recently. I have forgotten how to install a new bird, like A0-85, with the current Keplerian elements. Help please??
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