OIG Files
Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:13:04 +0100 (BST)
With the change in policy for access to the Goddard two-lines, I have
once more started to send the daily files over to Dave Ransom for posting
on his FTP site and web site (FTP/WWW.DRANSOM.COM): I have just posted
yesterday's daily file there, GD980625.ZIP.
Of course we do not want Goddard's new web site to be jammed with
everyone trying to access the large files, and therefore I assume that a
system can be started so that perhaps just 4-5 SEESATers access the daily
files and make them available on web sites and FTP sites.
I would make one suggestion - that a common name is used for the files
! The original Goddard names are tle2mon.zip, tle3tue.zip, tle4wed.zip,
tle5thu.zip and tle6fri.zip, with each file being overwritten once a week
by a new, identically-named file. I rename the contents GDyymmdd
off-line and re-zip the files using the new name which tells you what
date they refer to. of course, others might think of a better
convention, but it is obvious that a common naming policy should be accepted.
Phillip Clark
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Phillip S Clark 25 Redfern Avenue
Molniya Space Consultancy Whitton
Compiler/Publisher, Worldwide Satellite Launches Middx TW4 5NA
U.K.
Specialist in "space archeology" - the older and more obscure the more
interesting it is !
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