The Smeg Manual

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Copyright © 1999 Tom Rothamel

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

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Contents

• 1 Using Smeg for visual satellite observation.
  • 1.1 Step 1: Defining the observer's location.
  • 1.2 Step 2: Loading and filtering orbital elements.
  • 1.3 Step 3: Predicting passes.
  • 1.4 Step 4: Filtering passes.
  • 1.5 Step 5: Stepping through passes.
  • 1.6 Step 6: In the field.
• 2 Using Smeg for radio predictions.
• 3 Making Smeg more usable.
  • 3.1 Definable Procedures.
  • 3.2 The .smeg1rc file.