I had to reload sattracker the other day and I immediatly used the TLE downloader from the files section to make sure everything was up to date. Heaven's...
I used the TLE downloader from the files section, entered my name and password for spacetrack and the program worked it's magic, great! But when I go into the...
... Hi, It sure sounds like you entered your location wrong. If your longitude is not entered correctly S.T. could place you on the wring side of Greenwich. ...
But having the wrong location on earth wouldn't affect what continent the sat appears over! I suspect Kurt is using an old TLE file. The TLE file should be...
Thanks for the ideas, I checked the location for Tampa, 27.95N lat and -82.45 E Long which I believe is correct, the time was set at -4. I will check the TLE...
When you load a tle file into ST and select a sat, check the "T+epoch" value under the "object data" (upper left part of the main window). This tells you how...
Will do, I did manually update the tle file and did the unzip into the LXSAT folder, then checked the position of the ISS with an independant source and they...
I am just getting interested in sat. tracking. I have a lot of reading to do. Can anyone give me a suggestion as to the best yet not too expensive joystick...
Hi Steve Not sure if anyone else has replied? Joystick, First off it's not an absolute requirement but does make adjustments easier, literally any USB stick...
Hi Steve, Welcome to sattracker, you are in for a good time. There is a manual for the program in the files section and I learned alot from reading it and...
The marathon has definitely started. Looks like the peak (where every pass is visible, and visible through the entire pass) started on the 12th and will...
Use the link http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=25544 (retain your &lat=...&lng=...&loc=... &alt=...&tz=... if you save it as a bookmark) to verify...
To me, they seem more confusing than explaining. I can't see where the (ground?) tracks are in shadow, and the movie appears to show the motion of ISS for...
... Yahoo uses temporary urls when you browse the files, so the long link doesn't work for others. However you can easily make a working url just by manually ...
Here is a 3MB wmv animation I made with Starry Night v4.5.2 and Camtasia Studio 7. You are at the Sun looking back at the Sun lit side of the Earth. White line...
Yes indeed - I saw the error later. I was thinking only of the shadow cone moving in RA over the year, forgetting about the orbit precession, which is about ...
I just got a message from John at Ioptron. The development team is getting ready to work on satellite tracking. I assume but, do not know for sure, that they...
Did anybody else notice that the tle data from space-track was off by a few minutes for the iss tonight? Two passes in a row the iss flew past a few minutes...
Well I have done some reading. Are there any particular satellites that are suggested for beginners? Slower easier to track satelites? Should I adjust the...
HeavensAbove was off by about an hour over the course of a couple days. I had printed off the times last Friday and it was supposed to be 22:00ish last night...
That is a very good question. I started by using the filters section of the program, because of my observing location I have to concentrate on Southern skies....
That's because the orbit of the ISS was adjusted on June 12, and they did another orbit boost today. They will again change the orbit, on June 17. Kevin...
Hey Steven, Go to heavens-above.com and register because their sattrack software needs to know where you're observing from. It's a great site, filled with info...
I'm a newbie, so be gentle:) Someone commented about the ISS being "late" with respect to the latest data available from heavens-above. I found the following...
That site generally contains predicted FUTURE elsets. At the moment, the first page contains "Maneuvres within...", which makes it especially important to...
Thanks Kevin. I thought it might be the case. I was able to capture the ISS after the boost on the 12th so I figured that the data must be outdated even...
