SpaceTrack, where we should be encouraging people to get keps from, only use
the full proper names.
It's only the likes of Amsat, ARRL etc that replace them with the abbreviated
designations. Tracking software uses
whatever designation is in the keps.
On 20-Feb-10 20:57, Clint Bradford wrote:
... SpaceTrack, where we should be encouraging people to get keps from ...
A new visitor to SpaceTrack gets hit with this statement ...
DUE TO EXISTING NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO ACCESS OF AND USE
OF U.S. GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED INFORMATION AND DATA, ALL USERS OF THIS WEB SITE
Clint Bradford wrote:
There's no Keplerian data that SpaceTrack offers for the easy-to-work
satellites that isn't available at much more user friendly sites.
Furthermore, Spacetrack actually has several names of older satellites
wrong. Sometimes those names are confusing too. I sure
I got approved without further question and I was living in another country.
You just fill in the form and e-mail it.
Given a new bird, Space Track has the keps a couple of weeks before Amsat
bothers to include them and has much more choice.
Whilst I agree that there are more friendly places to
