Description:
SatCE is the fastest satelite tracking software for Pocket PC. To correctly predict the satellite position you need fresh the data (not more than 5 days old)!!! Also the accurate location (lat, lon) and time. The UTC time is taken from Windows CE system therefore set apposite time zone in settings.
Main features:
- This program is using SDP4/SGP4 algorithms to calculate near and far satellites positions in space. In all calculations of lat and lon the oblate Earth shape is used. The program uses GAPI engine for graphics and API for text mode.
- SatCE can track up to 150 satellites at once (but this is not the hard limit).
- SatCE reads standard two lines elements *.tle files containing satellites orbital parameters.
- SatCE is very fast (much faster than I could find for sat tracking in internet for PocketPC)!!! A screen is updated every second without any delay with all these fancy things. There is also a lot of info like satellites parameters, moon distance its face size and some information about sun.
- Satellites can be selected in map and sky mode by taping them with the stick. Only selected satellites from menu bar are displayed. By default all satellites are displayed. Come back to text mode is with help of enter button (just push every one if you don't know which one it is).
Update Description:
v1.46:
- All screens with exit (top right corner).
- Corrected small bug in speed for SDP8.
v1.45:
- Degree symbol in text mode.
- Exit by typing in right top corner of screen in different modes.
- Stored the last active satellite after program restart.
- A bit faster code.
v1.44:
- Added planets in sky and space view.
- Different colors in text mode.
- Slightly faster code.
v1.42, v1.43:
- Added SGP8/SDP8 calculation models.
- Added operation time for time settings from GPS.
- Added time of prediction in Predict window.
- Added second method of reading from GPS.
- Corected bug in COM speed settings.
v1.41:
- New style of text screen.
- New GPS screen.
- Improved time format in all modes.
- Small changes in COM port communication.
v1.40:
- Eclipsed path of sats in the sky view.
- Corrected small bug with sun/night areas in map mode.
- Correction of time settings after 24o'clock.
- Operation time in time window.
- Correction of saving in registry empty path.
- Correction of active GPS satellites from GPS.
v1.39:
- Corrected predict mechanism.
- Minor changes.
v1.36, v1.37:
- Improved search engine for Iridium flares.
- Improved tables with search results and list of satellites.
- Corrected number of download Iridium satellites form "Get last".
- Small text corrections.
v1.34, v1.35:
- Improved preadict engine.
- Mesage after end of search.
- Changed location window.
- Add new button for GPS.
- Vectors from satellite to sun and to observer in space mode.
v1.33:
- Iridium flares calculator.
- Prediction of Iridium flares.
- Path of Iridium flarte in sky mode.
- Text information about Iridium flare in sky mode.
- Azymuth of the sun when it is below horizon (yelow dot on the bigest circle).
v1.32:
- Save *.tle updates from internet.
- Full info about downloaded files at beginning.
- Save all settings to registry.
- Start the program with last open file.
v1.31:
- Corrected speling misteakes.
- Removed annoing GPS mesage on start.
- Small improvment of day/night drawing in map mode.
v1.30:
- Corrected speed in sky and 3D mode.
- Atmospheric drag correction before the value was always 0 now is readed from tle file.
- Small GPS detection improvment.
v1.29:
- Faster drawing in all modes.
- Moon picture depends on the phase.
- Atmospheric refraction as option in settings.
- Improved GPS.
- Fast zooming in 3D mode.
v1.28:
- Faster drawing in map mode (every sec.).
- Better drawing of foot print of satellites in map mode.
- Much faster drawing in sky mode (evry sec.)(new stars calculation ingine).
- Improved 3D mode drawing.
v1.27:
- Small bug with reading nr of visible sats in text mode.
-Speed of observer in sky mode.
- New graphisc.
- Improved fonts.
- Improved star draving.
- Improved time syncronisation with GPS.
- Day/night colors of sky mode.
- Solved small bug with time symulation.
v1.26:
- Improved reading from GPS stream.
- Compass sets the north direction in sky view.
- Update of TLE files from internet.
v1.25:
- Full GPS support.
- Option to set the location from GPS.
- Option to set the time from GPS.
- In tracking mode position updated every second.
- Displaying GPS satellites together with calculated satellites (interesting effect of overlapping) shows how good are the calculations in SatCE.
v1.24:
- Corrected sun, moon rotation in 3D.
- Corrected rotation with buttons in sky mode.
- Added north to South (mirrored image) change for sky mode.
- Added TLE update from internet.
- Improved text mode.
v1.23:
- Corrected 3D mode position calculations.
- Improved handling in different modes.
- Added white markers for the 0deg Prime Meridian (Greenwich).
v1.22:
- Added selection of visual passes for predict option.
- Added selection of magnitude passes.
- Improved time dialog.
v1.2:
- Added list of cities.
- Corrected predict dialog.
- Corrected small misteaces with text.
- Change zoom, acceleration calculations and selected sats displayin space mode.
- Extended number of readed sats to 150 with comunicate.
- Now program can be instaled in different directories.
- Corrected help.
- Added in Sat select infirmation about age of sat data.
- Better handling of text mode.
- Corrected selection for VGA devices.
v1.1:
- "removing gosts".
- Removed memory leak at reading files.
- Corrected menu bar menu handling.
- Corrected Sat Select dialog box.
- Improved Sat Predict option.
- Improved Sat Select option.
- Corrected satellite bitmaps selection.
- Improved behavior in different screen modes.
- Improved speed.
- Added eclipsed path to Map mode.
- Added extended time simulation with comunicats in different modes.
