I wouldn't say even up-to-date TLE data would be particularly useful to many nations. Only a handful have anti-satellite capability and since anything important would be redacted anyway, it is pointless to worry about the rest. I think the current system is over-cautious and possibly wasteful. Regards, Mark McCarron > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:17:45 -0400 > Subject: Re: Notice on space track > From: planet4589@gmail.com > To: thomsona@flash.net > CC: seesat-l@satobs.org > > When space-track first started I submitted the Form 1 with a request to > redistribute analyses based on TLEs but not the TLEs themselves. I got a > phone call and eventually some kind of confirmation, I don't remember if it > was actually a letter. > I'd be interested to hear more about the current process. I'm thinking of > requesting permission to distribute TLEs older than 1 year, on the grounds > that they would not be useful to the North Koreans etc. > > On 14 June 2013 11:56, Allen Thomson <thomsona@flash.net> wrote: > > > > > Not to get off topic, but has anyone ever found out how to get that > > written permission? Or actually done it? > > > > > > > It's a great idea, but they can't do > > > it because it would violate the contract terms for using > > > Space Track. You're not allowed to share files with > > > other users without prior written permission from DoD. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seesat-l mailing list > > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20130614/051f4a63/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20130614/dbef56ca/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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