{"id":12561,"date":"2016-05-01T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12561"},"modified":"2016-05-02T15:27:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:27:05","slug":"binary-space-satellite-tracking-tool-available-as-free-win-10-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12561","title":{"rendered":"BINARY SPACE Satellite Tracking Tool available as free Win 10 app"},"content":{"rendered":"

BINARY SPACE’<\/a>s Satellite Tracking\u00a0Tool<\/a>\u00a0is now available as a free app for Windows 10:\u00a0SpaceTracker\u2122 \u2013 Windows Games on Microsoft Store<\/a><\/p>\n

The SpaceTracker\u2122 is a 2D\/3D real-time satellite tracking application. It allows you to determine the current position of most Earth-centric satellites currently in orbit and also features location pass & interlink predictions. It can even help you to setup your TV antenna dish.<\/em><\/p>\n

Windows 10 users should run\u00a0this new version. The previous version used Microsoft’s\u00a0Silverlight graphics system.<\/p>\n

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Update<\/strong>: BINARY SPACE chief\u00a0Adrian Wenz tells me that\u00a0a nice new feature of the SpaceTracker\u2122 is its support for live tiles:<\/p>\n

If you pin the app to the start menu (see lower right corner [of the screen capture below], right to \u2018Minecraft\u2019) it will periodically show you the position of any desired satellite. By default, it comes-up with positional information about the ISS, but you can choose any satellite via the \u2018Favorites\u2019 panel (-> \u2018Star\u2019 symbol). For large\/wide tiles you can specify up to 4 satellites to be monitored. These tiles are updated even if the app is not open (via background tasks).<\/em><\/p>\n

To pin the app to the start menu: Open the \u2018All apps\u2019 group, scroll to the letter \u2018S\u2019 and right-click on the \u2018SpaceTracker\u2122\u2019 icon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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BINARY SPACE’s Satellite Tracking\u00a0Tool\u00a0is now available as a free app for Windows 10:\u00a0SpaceTracker\u2122 \u2013 Windows Games on Microsoft Store The SpaceTracker\u2122 is a 2D\/3D real-time satellite tracking application. It allows you to determine the current position of most Earth-centric satellites currently in orbit and also features location pass & interlink predictions. It can even help … Continue reading BINARY SPACE Satellite Tracking Tool available as free Win 10 app<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-satellite-watching","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3gB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5303,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5303","url_meta":{"origin":12561,"position":0},"title":"Binary Space Satellite Tracking Tool – now available in standalone mode","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Satellite Tracking Tool\u00a0from\u00a0BINARY SPACE\u00a0is available here at\u00a0HobbySpace. \u00a0The Windows based program allows you to track a large\u00a0set of satellites in both low earth and geostationary\u00a0orbits. 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