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NAME

SpaceTrackTk - Perl/Tk application to fetch satellite orbit data.

SYNOPSIS

This application provides a windowed interface to the Astro::SpaceTrack module, based on the Perl/Tk windowing system. All you do is issue the command

$ SpaceTrackTk

You will be presented with a splash screen, followed by a login window. In order to get full functionality, you must have a Space Track account. It is the username and password of this account that you enter into the login screen.

You have the option to skip the login. This gives you reduced functionality, since you are limited to the data provided by redistributers known to Astro::SpaceTrack. The reduced functionality is apparent in two ways:

* The Space Track sources do not appear in the "Object ID source" drop list.

* The "Include common names" checkbox does not appear on the retrieval window, since you get whatever the redistributor provides.

ENVIRONMENT

If SPACETRACK_OPT sets direct to 1, the login screen is skipped, and the functionality is as though you skipped the login (i.e. reduced). Otherwise, if a username and password are available from either SPACETRACK_USER or SPACETRACK_OPT, you are logged in automatically and the login screen is skipped.

Please see Astro::SpaceTrack for the details.

MODIFICATIONS

(no version) T. R. Wyant
  initial release.
0.013 24-Nov-2005 T. R. Wyant
  Added version.
  Added support for direct-fetching of data.
  Added ability to skip login.
  Added POD.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to thank Dr. T. S. Kelso of http://celestrak.com/ and the staff of http://www.space-track.org/ (whose names are unfortunately unknown to me) for their co-operation, assistance and encouragement in the development of the Astro::SpaceTrack module.

AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III (wyant at cpan dot org)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005 by Thomas R. Wyant, III (wyant at cpan dot org). All rights reserved.

This script is free software; you can use it, redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The data obtained by this script is subject to the Space Track user agreement (http://www.space-track.org/perl/user_agreement.pl).

This software is provided without any warranty of any kind, express or implied. The author will not be liable for any damages of any sort relating in any way to this software.