----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Karn" <karn@ka9q.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: greetings from KA9Q > Hello all, I've known about (and admired) your group for some time, and > the > recent NYT article spurred me to get involved. > > I'm an old timer. I've been involved with satellites mainly through AMSAT > since > 1980. In 1982-83 I wrote a software package for orbit prediction and > determination. I used it to determine the orbits of AMSAT-OSCAR-10 and > AMSAT-OSCAR-13 after their kick motor firings. AO-10 was in 1983 and AO-13 > in > 1988 so that's been a while! > > I can't remember if I gave my software to anyone in this group. So I'm > wondering > if I did, and if so whether any part of it is still being used to produce > your > element sets. That would be cool. > > I wrote it to accept radio range and range-rate observations, but it was > structured to easily accept the alt/az angles that optical observations > produce. > > Some time ago I got a Meade LX-200 and wrote software to drive it to > follow an > element set. I meant to go on and add the ability to tweak the tracking to > follow the satellite's actual position and refine the orbit, but that > project > went on the back burner with many others. I figure by now this capability > is > probably old hat and everybody has it. Is that the case? > > --Phil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > I believe I first became aware of this site/program about 1998. http://heavenscape.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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