Re: Fw: Satellite passes in 1996

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-----Original Message-----
From: fwestra@hetnet.nl <fwestra@hetnet.nl>
To: Chris.Peat@anitesystems.com <Chris.Peat@anitesystems.com>
Date: 11 October 1998 19:29
Subject: Satellite passes in 1996
>...
>

>My question:
>
>Is it possible to retrieve similar data on satellite passes in the
>year 1996?
>
>On June 13, 1996, at about 23.03 UTC I observed a satellite moving
>from west to east, about 30 - 40 degrees above the horizon. My
>position was 52.17N 6.38E.

The TLE archive that you are looking for may be found here:
ftp://kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov:21/pub/space/elements/satelem/el-1996/el960609.Z

You will need Gzip to extract the TLEs.
ftp://kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov:21/pub/space/elements/gzip121.zip

Cheers
Don Gardner
Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/
76.8419 W, 39.1796 N,  34m ASL

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