Astronomy: Amateur: Satellites: Tracking Software

Home of STSPLUS, the satellite tracking software used at control centers, astronaut training facilities, and on the Mir space station. Plus a ton of good space links.

Orbital data for any satellite tracking program, updated regularly by CelesTrak.

[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/2000] Satellite dish aiming software - Calculate azimuth and elevation coordinates for satellite dish positioning.

[commercial, demo available - Win95] A TVRO Satellite Tracking Program. Provides technical calculation that you will need to install your TVRO antenna and align it with the satellites in orbit.

Full featured commercial satellite tracking software with FREE licenses for non-commercial use! Windows 9x/NT/2K/ME/ETC, Linux, SGI, Solaris and HP/UX clients available. Excellent support staff. [Ed. note: As of version 4.3 (April 2002) they converted to free distribution on CD only, the software is no longer available on line. I received my CD one week after ordering it.]

An extensive list of satellite tracking programs and related astronomy programs for IBM, Macintosh, Unix, Amiga, and Archimedes systems.

Satellite Tracking Software for the PalmOS platform by Emm Graphics. Inexpensive shareware, and well worth it for the portability. Limited demo (5 satellites max) available for download.

Real time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program for Linux. Both source code and precompiled binaries available free.

Information on spaceflight topics; offers his visual satellite tracking program for Windows with screenshot.

tracks an unlimited number of Earth-orbiting satellites in real time. It is fast, accurate, and easy to use. Nova displays satellite positions on realistic full-color maps.

Cross-platform 3D satellite visualization utility. Calculates satellites current position, and then displays their position around the Earth.