Satellite Suggestions
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Contents
View
View all satellite suggestions
Permission: Anonymous User
Steps:
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- On the side menu, click on
All Suggestions
- At the top of the page, make sure that
Satellites
option is selected (blue-highlighted), if not click on it to display theSatellites
panel - Satellite suggestions table should be visible
- For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the
Details
column
View suggestions of a specific satellite
Permission: Anonymous User
Steps:
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Go to satellite page
- At the top of the page, if the satellite has suggestions then
Suggestions
option will be visible, click on it to display theSuggestions
panel - Satellite suggestions table for the satellite should be visible if there are satellite suggestions
- For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the
Details
column
View suggestion history of a specific satellite
Permission: Anonymous User
Steps:
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Go to satellite page
- At the top of the page, click on the
History
option to display theHistory
panel - Satellite suggestions history table for the satellite should be visible
- For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the
Details
column
View details of a satellite suggestion
Permission: Anonymous User
Steps:
- Follow any of the "View all satellite suggestions", "View suggestions of a specific satellite", or "View suggestion history of a specific satellite" guides to get the suggestion table
- For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the
Details
column - The suggestion entry should be visible
Add
Add suggestion for a new satellite
Permission: Logged-in User
Steps:
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- On the side menu, click either on
All Satellites
orAll Suggestions
- At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select
Suggest New Satellite
option - "New Suggestion" page with empty satellite entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section
- After filling the form with the necessary info, click on
Create
button - You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Add suggestion for existing satellite
Permission: Logged-in User
Steps:
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Go to satellite page
- At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select
Edit <satellite_name>
option - "New Suggestion" page with filled satellite entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section
- After filling the form with the necessary info, click on
Update
button - You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Add suggestion for satellite based on existing one
Permission: Logged-in User
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Go to satellite page
- At the top of the page, if the satellite has suggestions then
Suggestions
option will be visible, click on it to display theSuggestions
panel - Go to the detailed view of the suggestion you want to use as base by clicking on the right arrow of the
Details
column in the suggestions table - At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select
Add to Suggestion
if the base suggestion belongs to other user orModify Suggestion
option if the base suggestion belongs to you - "New Suggestion" page with filled satellite entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section
- After filling the form with the necessary info, click on
Update
orModify
button depending on who owns the base suggestion. - You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Edit/Remove
Edit satellite suggestion
Permission: Logged-in User, Suggestion Owner
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Find and view the suggestion
- At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select "Modify Suggestion" option
- "Modify Suggestion" page with filled satellite entry form should load, after making necessary changes, click on
Modify
button - You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Remove satellite suggestion
Permission: Logged-in User, Suggestion Owner
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Find and view the suggestion
- At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select "Remove Suggestion" option
- "Confirm Removal" popup should show up, click on
Remove
button - You should be re-directed to "All Suggestions" page and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Review
Review satellite suggestion
Permission: Logged-in User, Satellite Reviewer
- Visit SatNOGS DB
- Find and view the suggestion
- Inspect and review the suggestion and verify details and changes against the given citation
- At the top left of the page click on
Actions
menu - Select "Review Suggestion" option
- "Review Suggestion" popup should show up, select verdict (Approve/Reject), add review message to inform suggestion owner and click on
Submit
button - You should be re-directed to "All Suggestions" page and receive a popup confirmation message of success
Form fields
- Norad ID
- Temporary or identified Norad ID value, for new/non-identified satellites leave it empty
- Followed Norad ID
- The best Norad ID candidate for this satellite, the value of this field is used for acquiring TLE sets from sources when satellite is not identified (uses temporary Norad ID)
- Name
- The name of the satellite, if more than one use the official or the most popular
- Other names
- Other possible names of the satellite
- Description
- Short description of the satellite and its mission
- Owner/Operator
- Who owns/operates the satellite, this field is still in an experimental phase, please ignore if none of the options apply.
- Status
- The current status of the satellite
future
satellite hasn't been launched yetalive
satellite is in orbit, this value soon will be changed toin orbit
re-entered
satellite has been decayeddead
satellite in orbit but not alive, this value is deprecated and will be removed in the future in favor of transmitter status- Countries of Origin
- Countries that are involved in Satellite ownership/operations, you can select more than one if applicable
- Website
- Official website of the satellite or the owner/operator if exists
- Dashboard URL
- URL of satellite public dashboard either in https://dashboard.satnogs.org/ or external site
- Launch Date
- The date of the satellite launch, if date is known but not the accurate time use
00:00
- Deploy Date
- The date of the satellite deployment, if date is known but not the accurate time use
00:00
- Re-entry Date
- The date of the satellite re-entered, if date is known but not the accurate time use
00:00
- Image
- Image/Photo of the satellite
- Citation
- Source(s) of the added/changed details on the satellite suggestion form, ideally links to the sources.
- Email me when reviewed
- Send or not email to suggestion owner after the suggestion review, this is useful to know if your suggestion is approve or rejected and for what reason