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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/v10/man6/azel.6 b/static/v10/man6/azel.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f90f3dfe --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man6/azel.6 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.th AZEL VI 9/22/73 +.sh NAME +azel \*- obtain satellite predictions +.sh SYNOPSIS +.bd azel +satellite ... +.sh DESCRIPTION +.it Azel +predicts, in convenient form, +the apparent trajectories of Earth satellites +whose orbital elements are given in the +argument files. +If a given satellite name cannot be read, an attempt is made to find it +in a directory of satellites maintained by the +programs's author. +.s3 +For each satellite given +the program types its full name, +the date, +and a sequence of lines each containing a time, +an azimuth, an elevation, +a distance, and a visual magnitude. +Each such line indicates that: +at the indicated time, +the satellite may be seen from Murray Hill at the +indicated azimuth and elevation, and that its distance +and apparent magnitude are as given. +Predictions are printed only when +the sky is dark (sun more than 5 degrees below the horizon) +and when the satellite is not eclipsed by the earth's shadow. +Satellites which have not been seen and verified will +not have had their visual magnitude level set correctly. +.s3 +All times input and output by +.it azel +are GMT (Universal Time). +.s3 +The satellites for which elements are maintained are: +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +sla,|...|sll Skylab A through Skylab L. +Skylabs A and B are the laboratory and its rocket +respectively; +the remainder are various other objects +attendant upon its launch and subsequent activities. +A, B, and probably K have been sighted and verified. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +cop Copernicus I. Never verified. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +oao Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. +Seen and verified. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +pag Pageos I. +Seen and verified; +fairly dim (typically 2nd-3rd magnitude), but elements are extremely accurate. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +exp19 Explorer 19; seen and verified, +but quite dim (4th-5th magnitude) and fast-moving. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +c103b, c156b, c184b, c206b, c220b, c461b, c500b +.br +Various of the USSR Cosmos series; none seen. +.s3 +.lp +10 10 +7276a Unnamed (satellite # 72-76A); not seen. +.s3 +.i0 +The element files used by +.it azel +contain five lines. +The first line gives +a year, month number, +day, hour, and minute +at which the program begins its consideration of the satellite, +followed by a number of minutes and an interval in minutes. +If the year, month, and day +are 0, they are taken to be the current date (taken to change at 6 A.M. local time). +The output report starts at the indicated epoch and +prints the position of the satellite +for the indicated number of minutes +at times separated by the indicated interval. +This line is ended by two numbers +which specify options to the program governing +the completeness of the report; they are ordinarily +both ``1''. +The first option flag suppresses output when the sky is not dark; +the second supresses output when the satellite is eclipsed by the +earth's shadow. +The next line of an element file is the full name of the satellite. +The next three are the elements themselves +(including certain derivatives of the elements). +The author should be consulted for more information. +.sh FILES +/usr/jfo/el/* \*- orbital element files +.sh "SEE ALSO" +sky (VI) +.sh AUTHOR +J. F. Ossanna +.sh BUGS |
