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
GPredict, by default, uses Celestrak keps. Since AO-85 was launched as a secondary payload on a classified mission, only AMSAT is permitted to receive and re-distribute the keps for the satellite. You will have to use AMSAT’s keps if you want to track AO-85 in GPredict (of any tracking program for that matter).
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 08:03 radiomb [email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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.txtBe 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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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.txtBe 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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The only difference is https doesn't work.
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Greg D [email protected] wrote:
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.txtBe 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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On 12/05/2017 02:42 PM, Robert McGwier wrote:
The only difference is https doesn't work.
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Greg D [email protected] wrote:
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
I followed Greg's suggestion and didn't experience any trouble with HTTPS. AO-85 is now on my list. I'm on linux too and Gpredict version is 1.3.482-6bac (Manjaro distro). Thanks for your trick! 73
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