Smeg

Smeg is a program that models and predicts the motions of artificial satellites in orbit around the earth. It currently can predict satellite passes, and display position in the sky. It also supports prediction of visual magnitude.

As my interests have shifted, I've discontinued work on my satellite prediction software. However, I've placed two versions of my code, Smeg and Sattool on the web.

Download

The latest version of smeg is ir1 which was released 25 July 1999. This is an interim release, intended to provide some functionality while development proceeds on this project.

Other Sites

If you're looking to get started in visual satellite observation, more information is available at the Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page. Orbital elements are available at Mike McCants' page.

Maintainer

This code is maintained by Tom Rothamel <software page, or to Tom's top page.