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by weinzierl 7 days ago
The make the whole calculation more detailed, e.g. include the orbit, there are specialized programs.

The one ESA used to use is called

ESATAN

I used to share office with a colleague who mostly worked with it. This was at a time when the fad of naming products with an initial "e" had just faded. The surviving victim is "ebay" I guess, but at a time there were many like it.

So my natural reading of the huge ASCII art rending on ESATAN's title screen has always been E-SATAN. Sorry ESA.

Joking aside, you can download ESATAN here:

https://www.esatan-tms.com

It's not obvious what the download allows but expect restrictions. I remember the version we used had a HW dongle with heavy price tag every month.