Designed to manipulate NASA/NORAD "two line elements". Files containing 2 line elements will be imported regardless of accompanying text. Saved element sets will be stripped of all extra text only saving the 2 line elements themselves. Many satellite tracking programs have the capability to do this to some extent but Element Manager was created to give you total control over your element files.
It can extract elements from practically any DOS Text file (UNIX files will be detected and a "fix" routine will ask for permission to convert to DOS format). You can drag an element file from the Desktop. You can open your web browser or email program or any text source of elements and cut and paste elements from those sources to the program.
Element Manager can manipulate elements in a number of ways. Selections to limit the number of active satellites based on the age, decay, inclination, eccentricity, mean motion, apogee, perigee, argument of perigee, right ascension of ascending node, International Launch Designation, common name, visual magnitude and radar cross section are possible
The program can make selections or exclusions by NORAD number. You can create multiple select files containing lists of satellites you are either interested in or wish to ignore.
From the View Menu (one of six) , you can select five additional displays:
. The Statistics Screen displays a statistical breakdown on the entire group of active element. Some rudimentary graphing of various parameters is available here too.
. The Archive Analysis screen will display graphs showing trends in satellite archives. (Archives are single files containing multiple element sets for an individual satellite). So, you can watch the apogee of a satellite lower in altitude over time for a particular satellite.
. The Tracking View displays a world map showing the orbit of the satellite and its current location.
. The Orbital View displays a graphic representation of the orbit along with all of the element set data and some additional derived data. The current position of the satellite can be displayed along the ellipse of the orbit, IF the tracking screen is active too.
. The Two Line File selection opens a view of what a two line file would look like if you Saved your active satellites. In addition, the age, perigee and apogee for each element set is displayed.
