Astro-Toolbox

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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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This software is protected by the GNU General Public License, (unofficial german translation)

Download and Installation

• If you agree to the GNU General Public License, download AstroToolbox.zip (14 MB)
• and unzip it to any folder or partition you like
• go to the newly created folder AstroToolbox and double-click one of the "*.bat"-files (Windows only) or toolbox.jar (you may create a shortcut on your desktop for it)

Updates

• Have a look into folder data and check the date of bulletinb.txt (updated monthly). If it is older than one month load the current bulletinb.txt or simply use tool UpdateData in group Updating.
• Have a look into folder tle and check the dates of the two line element files (updated daily to weekly). You may load current and/or additional files from celestrak.com by simply using tool UpdateData in group Updating.