{"id":5303,"date":"2013-11-15T04:03:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2013-11-15T04:03:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:03:19","slug":"binary-space-satellite-tracking-tool-now-available-in-standalone-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5303","title":{"rendered":"Binary Space Satellite Tracking Tool &#8211; now available in standalone mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/SatWatching\/SatTracking-BinarySpace\/index.html\" target=\"_top\">Satellite Tracking Tool<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.binary-space.com\/\" target=\"_d\">BINARY SPACE<\/a>\u00a0is available here at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/\">HobbySpace<\/a>. \u00a0The Windows based program allows you to track a large\u00a0set of satellites in both low earth and geostationary\u00a0orbits. It comes free with many features and display options.<\/p>\n<p>Up till now the Tool has only run within a browser but there is now the option to install it as a standalone program on your system. This avoids the various compatibility problems that crop up as browsers are modified.<\/p>\n<p>When you open the program in your browser, if you can right click on the display a popup menu will appear and include the option: &#8220;&#8216;Install Satellite Tracking Tool onto this computer&#8230;&#8221; Just select this and give the installer permission and the program should soon be up and running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=5304\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1044,616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"StandAloneScreenCap\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap-1024x604.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5304\" alt=\"StandAloneScreenCap\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StandAloneScreenCap-1024x604.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. It comes free with many features and display options. Up till now the Tool has only run within a browser but there is now the option to install it as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5303\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Binary Space Satellite Tracking Tool &#8211; now available in standalone mode<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellite-watching","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1nx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12561,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12561","url_meta":{"origin":5303,"position":0},"title":"BINARY SPACE Satellite Tracking Tool available as free Win 10 app","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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