Begin4 Title: PREDICT Version: 2.2.3 Entered-date: 2006-05-15 Description: PREDICT is an easy to use, ncurses-based satellite tracking/orbital prediction program developed for the Linux operating system. PREDICT permits users to track satellites in real-time, or make orbital predictions in advance of their arrival. A unique voice mode allows azimuth and elevation bearings of a satellite to be articulated via a soundcard to aid a ground-based observer in locating and identifying satellites through optical means. PREDICT also provides live bearings of the Sun and Moon, as well as solar illumination conditions onboard satellites. Doppler shift and path loss information is also provided for analyzing radio communication paths between satellites and earth-based ground stations. PREDICT supports the PIC/TRACK automatic antenna tracking system, and includes a UDP socket-based interface that allows the program to provide real-time tracking data to any number of client applications running either locally or remotely via a network connection. Several socket-based graphical satellite tracking display applications are included in this release of PREDICT. PREDICT requires ncurses version 4.2 or higher and the pthreads library for successful compilation. Keywords: Satellite tracking, orbital prediction, amateur radio, astronomy, OSCAR satellites, Space Shuttle, ISS Author: kd2bd@amsat.org (John A. Magliacane) galysh@juno.nrl.navy.mil (Ivan Galysh) - (socket code) benscosm@iol.it (Vittorio Benvenuti) - (PIC/TRACK code) Maintained-by: kd2bd@amsat.org (John A. Magliacane) Primary-site: ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/Linux/predict-2.2.3.tar.gz Alternate-site: ftp.ibiblio.org /pub/linux/apps/ham/predict-2.2.3.tar.gz Original-site: http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html Platforms: Linux/Unix Copying-policy: GPL End