Re: TLE format after Dec 31
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:39:34 +0100
>the following Y2K elest, though _now_ in error, suggest the TLE format
>will remain the same. The epoch date provided is January 2, 2000
>
>DMSP F15 (USA 147)
>1 25991U 00002.43559332 .00000457 00000-0 26148-3 0 27
>2 25991 98.8960 60.4417 0009248 269.1536 90.4266 14.14475454 2924
>
>Programs should have inserted routines which id such dates now as future
>epochs. And will accept them as valid epochs (within limits--with or
>without the leading zeros) when 2000 arrives. Note the absence of the
>cospar (int'l launch id number) which is another factor programs should
>recognize.
>
QuickSat accepts the zero-filled Epoch, but complains 'Year>2099'
for blank-filled. (2.14B tested)
Predictions appear correct over New Year, and over Feb.29, and output
is correctly sorted.
00ddd epochs are determined to be more recent elsets than 99ddd epochs.
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