Andy Thomas G0SFJ posted a great web page for a vintage Russian geostationary satellite locator he was fortunate enough to buy at a flea market. I modified a program of mine to use the old school Russian IMMARSAT map as the basis for a polar projection satellite tracker.
I am sure there are many other programs out there that do the same thing. Here are a few screen shots from yet another one. Even though the continents look a little funky the tracks actually came out quite close to SatPC32 tracks. It does take a little while to get used to the new look of the world. It is an equiangular projection so as you get farther away from the north pole things look larger. Who knew Australia was so large. http://www.tomdoyle.org/polarprojection/ http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/Home/russian-geostationary http://www.bathurst1000.com.au/ Nothing to do with sats but it was a great race. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
