Glonass prediction?
Posted By STEPHEN PICKFORD on 10/13/2000 at 11:32 AM

Can I use the "Mission Planning" software to predict when a Glonass satelite is above us?
If not, is there any Glonass prediction software on the net?


Re: Glonass prediction?
Posted By Bob LeMoine on 10/14/2000 at 12:57 PM

Stephen,

Yes, you can use Ashtech's Mission Planning S/w to generate Glonass SV predictions.

You'll need to log onto Ashtech's Web Site: http://www.ashtech.com
Browse to the Customer Support thread.
Then over to "Software"

At the "pub/software/winprism", download
a copy of "MPWIN.Exe"
This Windows Mission Planning S/w supports GPS + Glonass Mission Planning.
This S/w is distributed for free.
Next, you need to retrive an Ashtech Almanac file from: "pub/software/almanac/GPS+GLO"

With the GPS+Glonass Almanac you can generate SV predictions.

Last I checked there are only 6 remaining Russian Glonass Satellites.

Hope this helps.

Bob LeMoine
Ashtech Precision Products


Re: Glonass prediction? ok, but.
Posted By STEPHEN PICKFORD on 10/15/2000 at 2:21 AM

thanks bo, that worked great.
but, is the glonass almanac the latest?


Re: Glonass prediction? Hang on......?
Posted By STEPHEN PICKFORD on 10/15/2000 at 11:10 PM

I notice that the Ashtech Mission Planning software is reporting 10 healthy satelites when there are NOW ONLY EIGHT!!
Is the only almanac on the Locus site (ALM00.287) the latest?


Re: GPS status list NISWS?
Posted By keith wilson on 10/23/2000 at 12:18 PM

i get a daily sat staus list from the following site.
if you e-mail them they will AUTOMATICALLY mail you daily with the daily sat list of operational,unusable,and other status messages for all GPS sats.
nisws@smtp.navcen.uscg.mil

your return will be from
gpsstatus@nislist.navcen.uscg.mil