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                        Visual Satellite Observing

                                  F  A  Q


                                Chapter-12

                         Where Can I Learn More?

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---- 12.0  Where Can I Learn More?

The following are some pointers to various sources of
further information.

---- 12.1 Internet Resources

---- 12.1.1  Web Pages

---- 12.1.1.1  Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page

---- 12.1.1.2  Other Web Pages

Orbital Elements

*  The Orbital Information Group's (OIG) web page, the source
   for element sets.

*  T.S. Kelso's Celestial BBS on the World Wide Web.

Predictions

*  Manfred Bester (author of SatTrack) is generating
   daily predictions for satellites (including the
   shuttle and Mir) here for US and Canadian observers.

*  Mark Haun generates daily predictions for the state
   of Washington.

Satellite Observing

*  The Amateur Satellite Observers of Southeast Virginia
   (ASOSV) are back on the web.

*  Ron Dantowitz and Marek Kozubal maintain a good site
   devoted to satellite observing.

*  Ian Burrell at Stanford, maintains some pointers to
   various resources for satellite prediction.

*  Alphonse Pouplier maintains a page with emphasis on his
   software and MIR predictions.

*  Josh R. Williams maintains his nice JRW satellite page.

*  Check out the SeeSat-L Members Page for other great
   satellite observing pages.

General Space Information

*  Jonathan McDowell's Space Report details the most recent
   launches and provides mission details.

*  Ron Baalke maintains the Space Calendar at the JPL. It
   details upcoming launches with background information and
   links.

*  The SPACEWARN bulletins at the NSSDC provide launch and
   re-entry details.

*  John Magliacane's SpaceNews letter gives a rundown of
   launch/mission activity with a bias towards amateur radio.

*  US Space Command.

*  NASAnews can be found at MIT.

*  The SEDS WWW server at the University of Arizona would
   like to introduce you to the basics of orbital mechanics.

*  Florida Today's Space News.

*  NASA's Satellite Situation Report

*  Jean-Philippe Donnio maintains the Satellite's
   Encyclopaedia.

*  Recent ESA press releases.

Space Shuttle

*  The official NASA shuttle mission server.

*  The GSFC SAREX shuttle elements page.

*  AMSAT-NA provide shuttle elements.

*  David Cottle provides shuttle elements, along with other
   astronautical links.

*  Gary Morris' shuttle elements mailing list now has a home
   page.

MIR Space Station

*  Chris van den Berg's regular MIR news reports contain
   updates on Progress and Soyuz launches and the activities
   of the Mir cosmonauts.

*  NASA's Office of Spaceflight maintain predictions and
   other details concerning Mir.

*  The EuroMir 95 home page.

*  Ben Huset has a set of space pages with information about
   Mir and details of Mir passes in the Minnesota (USA) area.

*  Tim Braithwaite has a Mir spotting page with predictions
   for several North American locations.

---- 12.1.2  Mailing Lists

---- 12.1.2.1  SeeSat-L

---- 12.1.2.2  Shuttle Elements list

---- 12.1.3  FTP Sites

---- 12.1.4  Telnet: OIG BBS

---- 12.1.5  USENET

---- 12.2  Bulletin Boards and FidoNet

---- 12.3  Recommended Books

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This FAQ was written by members of the SeeSat-L mailing list,
which is devoted to visual satellite observation.  Members of
this group also maintain a World Wide Web site.  The home page
can be found at the URL:

   http://www.satobs.org/

The information on the VSOHP web site is much more dynamic than
that found in this FAQ.  For example, the VSOHP site contains
current satellite visibility and decay predictions, as well as
information about current and upcoming Space Shuttle missions
and Mir dockings.  The VSOHP site also contains many images,
equations, and data/program files that could not be included
in this FAQ while maintaining its plain text form.

This FAQ and the VSOHP web site are maintained asynchronously,
but an effort is made to synchronize information contents as
much as possible.

The material in this FAQ chapter was last updated in February 1998.
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