Stellarium

Where the satellites plugin stores TLE data?

Asked by Gloom Demon

Hello

I have an offline computer on which i use Stellarium. I need to transfer the TLE data to it in order for the satellites plugin to work correctly, however I am having problems identifying where should I put the data files.

Thank You for Your help!

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Best Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#1

The version of the Satellites plugin which comes with the 0.10.4 release of Stellarium puts TLE data in the file <User Data Dir>/modules/Satellites/satellites.json

The location of User Data Dir varies according to your OS. See this page for how to find it on your OS: http://stellarium.org/doc/head/fileStructure.html

The format of the file is JSON. You should be able to edit it with a decent text editor.

There are also a few settings in the main config.ini file which will appear there after you enable the Satellites plugin, such as the time between updates, the URLs to update from and so on.

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Gloom Demon (gloom-) said : 		#2

Thanks Matthew Gates, that solved my question.