Missing globalstar satellites

Gpredict
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Since version 1.3 the globalstar satellites have been missing from the default install. How can I add them? I’ve already tried adding their TLE files but they don’t show up.

I feel pretty dumb that I can’t figure this out.

Thanks,
Berwyn

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Hi Berwyn,

In recent versions, under Edit → Preferences → General, select the TLE Update tab. Click on “Add TLE source” and enter http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/globalstar.txt

Alex

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Thanks, Alex. But I already had https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/globalstar.txt in there.

I just added http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/globalstar.txt as you suggest, but it makes no difference. There are still no globalstar satellites listed in the module’s satellite selection:
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Thanks,
Berwyn

4

Try searching by NORAD number… perhaps the names changed and thats why there are no search results?

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Nope. That doesn’t help, either.

It just seems like Gpredict is totally ignoring the TLE file I put in.

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Incidentally, what does the satellites list look like for one of you when you put in the globalstart tle file? Does it has globalstar satellites listed?

http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/globalstar.txt

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This is very strange… Do you have “Add new satellites to local database” enabled in the preferences?

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Ah. Your screenshot clued me in to the problem. I also had the globalstar TLE URL in the proxy field.
The shape of the UI fooled me into thinking that I was supposed to enter my URL in that box and then click (Add TLE source). Of course, it didn’t work that way and I wondered why. But I didn’t clue in to the fact that the URL in the proxy box was actually preventing my TLEs from updating.

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Thanks a lot,
Berwyn