[amsat-bb] AO-85 in Gpredict

[Greg D]

Hi Mac,

Hmmpf.  No idea.

Helping another Ham, we found that his version of GPredict needed to
have the server URL on one line (without the nasabare.txt part), and the
file name (nasabare.txt) on a different line.  He has v1.4 on Windows,
I'm on v1.3.something on Linux.

The data isn't all that sensitive, so I wouldn't be too concerned about
the lack of SSL security, but it's still odd...  For what it's worth,
all the pre-configured URLs for Celestrak are http-no-s also.  I think I
just did a copy/paste from the Amsat site when configuring mine.

Enjoy!

Greg  KO6TH


Mac A. Cody wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I have found that the URL you provided does not appear to work with
> Gpredict.  I have found that the following URL does work:
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
>
> I don't know why http works and https doesn't, but that is my
> experience with Gpredict.
>
> 73,
>
> Mac Cody / AE5PH
> On 12/02/2017 11:58 AM, Greg D wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> As others have noted, AO-85's keps aren't in the default locations
>> GPredict gets its information from.  I have the Linux version, but I
>> expect it's similar under Windows, if that's what you're using.
>>
>> Go to Edit -> Preferences, and select the TLE Update tab.  Under the
>> Update from the Internet section there's a list of websites, all from
>> celestrak.  Click on Add TLE source, and edit the highlighted section
>> with:
>>
>>      https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
>>
>> Be sure the box "add new satellites to local database" is checked, and
>> hit OK.
>>
>> Then update the update the database with Edit -> Update TLE data -> from
>> Network.  You should then be able to find AO-85 in the search list under
>> Configure (cleverly hidden under the little triangle in the upper right
>> corner).
>>
>> GPredict is my primary satellite prediction and tracking app.  Enjoy!
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>>
>> radiomb wrote:
>>> Hello,   Seeing the posts I downloaded Gpredict  to give it a try. I
>>> could not find AO-85 (FOX-1A) in satellites listed. Even AO-91 is in
>>> the current list. Can it be under some other name? I found a way to
>>> add a bird but looks like a pain to update. Easy way?  And if AO-91
>>> is in the list why was AO-85 left out?TNX 73 Mike K4MIA
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