Satellite info.
 

Just set up a satellite dish and receiver to try and get the Hotbird sat so I can get Russian TV.

Now I have the info on the satellite but I was wondering if you guys know of any planetarium software that shows satellites in the sky so I have a better idea of where to look.

I tried using a google earth attack but couldn't find anything. The only other place has gone down.

Please help as I'm getting really pissed off with this.

What you seek:

http://www.n2yo.com/

-S

More specifically:

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=27499

or http://www.n2yo.com/?s=29270

or http://www.n2yo.com/?s=24665

or http://www.n2yo.com/?s=24931

or http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25237

-S

Cheers submans, I have that one but what I was looking for was a planetarium style so I can see from a ground perspective likein stellarium , but it doesn't show satellites.

Hmm. Not sure where to point you on that.

-S

I use NASA's J-track 3d. Not sure that is what you are looking for either though, Xabba.

http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtr.../JTrack3d.html

PD

Uhmm... somewhere in the sky probably?:hmm:
:D

:88)

-S

The site to go to on FTA stuff is http://www.satelliteguys.us/ the forums are full of tutorials on how to set up your FTA system and point it.

The company that owns the satellite you're looking for might have pointing table. I know INMARSAT has them - I have copies, but I doubt that's what you're looking for :-D

They're essentially tables you enter with your geographical coordinate, and exit with azimuth and elevation. They exist in chart form as well, I think.

As for a satellite program, it would be extremely easy to do (Most comm satellites are geo-stationnary, after all) but I've never heard of one.