Displaying Pass Coverage for Polar-Orbiting Satellites
 
You can use the Show Coverage dialog box of TeraCapCon to display pass coverage for polar-orbiting satellites.


The Show Coverage Dialog Box

To call up the Show Coverage dialog box, click on the Show Coverage button at the bottom of the TeraCapCon Main Window.

The Show Coverage dialog box displays a map of the geographical area surrounding your receiving site. Latitude/longitude lines overlay the map at 10-degree intervals. Pass coverage is displayed on the map for passes you select from the pass list of the TeraCapCon Main Window..

Warning: Do not maximize or minimize the Show Coverage dialog box.  It will cause TeraCapCon to crash.

Displaying Pass Coverage

The Pass Coverage Outline

Turning Coverage On and Off

The Selection Fields

The Sensor Options

The Receiver Site Menu

To display pass coverage for a polar-orbiting satellite:

  1. Start TeraCapCon if you are not already running it.
  2. Generate an In-View pass list by turning on the In-View Pass Filter at the top of the TeraCapCon Main Window.  Click here to find out how to specify criteria that determine which passes will be included in the In-View pass list.
  3. Select the pass you want to view.
  4. Click on the Show Coverage button at the bottom of the TeraCapCon Main Window.  The Show Coverage dialog box will open on your screen. Coverage for the pass you selected will be displayed.


Displaying pass coverage for two or three passes simultaneously

Up to three different passes can be displayed simultaneously on the Show Coverage dialog box. To do so, however, requires use of the drag-and-drop method for selecting the second and third passes.  


Displaying pass coverage at a remote site

You can display coverage of passes at sites other than your own.  To do so, you must include passes from the remote site in your In-View pass list by selecting the site from the list of Alternate Receiving Sites on the In-View Search Criteria dialog box.  You must also select the remote site from the Receiver Site menu of the Show Coverage dialog box:

If the site you want is not available, you can define a new receiver site with the Site List Editor.


Closing the Show Coverage Dialog Box

To close the Show Coverage dialog box, click on the Exit button at the bottom of the dialog box.


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