Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Version 2.0.0.6 of STL Tracker released.

Version 2.0.0.6 of STL Tracker is now available for download at stltracker.com/download

New features include:

  • Support for Solar Sytem bodies (Sun, Moon, and other planets) in most views
  • Support for a decays view, which gives predicted and historical satellite re-entry information based on data from Space-Track
  • Support for a SATCAT Boxscore view, summarizing the total number of satellites by status and country
  • Option to choose between UTC and the system defined time zone
  • Ability to re-order the columns in textual views
  • Option to download satellite catalog (satcat) data from Space-Track and CelesTrak
  • Option to delete decayed satellites based on satcat data
  • Update the NASA NAIF SPICE kernels, including the leapseconds kernel for the positive leap second added at end of day (midnight) on December 31, 2016
  • Support for 'Cylindrical - Google Maps' view on 64-bit platforms
  • Tooltips for observers and satellites in 'Cylindrical - Google Maps' view
  • Update the searchable list of places in the Search tab of the Observers dialog and significantly reduce the number of entries
  • Set the Google Maps JavaScript API version to v=3.24, to ensure changes to the API do not impact functionality