>From: "skywatcherxyzzy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [skychart-discussion] CdC (Sky Charts) and Mike McCants TLEs >Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:28:00 -0000 > >I've been using Patrick's Sky Charts for awhile now, and have always >been able to download the latest iridium and Visual TLE files from Mike >McCants website http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants using the program's >built-in link. Lately though, I can't seem to find these files there >anymore. Aside from Mike's convoluted instructions on how to download >them from space-track.org, does anyone know what happened and what's a >good workaround? > >
Hi: There really isn't one. To get the elements, you must be registered with Spacetrack. That is, have an account. This was a political decision. Apparently someone was worried that NORAD 2 line elements were being freely distributed and redistributed--a security concern _in their opinion_, in other words. In other words, the politicians are doing their usual thing. ;-) Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_ Like SCTs and MCTs? Join the SCT User Mailing List. <http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user> ============================ See my home page at <http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland/index.htm> for further details! ============================ For Uncle Rod's Astro Blog See: <http://journals.aol.com/rmollise/UncleRodsAstroBlog/> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
