Re: [Groundstation-user] how to update TLE from local files?

[Alexandru C. <oz...@go...>]

Gpredict performs many checks when reading TLE to protect itself from
erroneous hand-made data. Can you show an example of a TLE gpredict
refuses to read?

Isn't the data you need available at celestrak.com? Data from that
source is always correct.

Alex

On 03/02/2008, Gernot Hassenpflug <aik...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello all, I am first time user of gPredict, on Ubuntu (v.0.8) and on
> Debian (using source-compiled v.0.9), the motivation being tracking of
> the USA 139 satellite n its decaying orbit.
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot seem to update the TLE files from "local
> files" after I have added one from Mike McCann's site (classified one
> unzipped). The program tells me it is skipping hundreds of satellites
> and keeps showing me only the default 5. The log file shows me that
> there is a supposed error in all the TLE file data:  original data
> appears to be bad. So despite many TLE files in the gpredict
> directory, I see only 5 satellites or so. How to access all the
> others?
>
> Is this a bug, or must I massage some other parameters when trying to
> add or update TLE files?
>
> Best regards and many thanks in advance for pointers.
> Gernot Hassenpflug
>