Gpredict User Manual
The
Future passes
function gives you an overview of up to the next 10
passes occurring within the next 3 days. The information you are given is
the rise time (AOS), the set time (LOS), the duration, maximum elevation
and the azimuth at AOS and LOS. Again, all parameters including the
number of passes to predict can be customised via the
Preferences
dialogue.
If you double-click on a row in the
Future passes
dialogue, a new window
pops up showing the details for the pass you have clicked on. This is the
same window as you saw when you selected the
Show next pass
function,
but the pass details are now for the selected pass in the future, which is not
necessarily the first coming pass.
The data displayed in the pass prediction dialogues is static. This means
that the shown data will not be updated automatically if you leave the
dialogues open. You will have to request a new prediction as described
above.
You may have noticed that the above mentioned pop-up
menu does not come up if you right-click in the single-
satellite view. To bring up the pop-up menu in the
single-satellite view you should click on the
V
icon right
next to the satellite name.
2.5.2 The Sky at a Glance
The sky at a glance is a convenience function in gpredict that can show you
a quick overview of what satellite passes you can expect at your location
between now and the next X hours. An example is shown on Figure 2.10
below. You can activate this function via the module popup menu and there
are more details about configuring this function in chapter 5 – Advanced
Pass Predictions.
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Figure 2.9: Data presented about the next upcoming pass.
