Björn Gimle wrote: >>The real killer is the extreme difficulty of getting permissions to share >>analysis done using Space-Track data. Helping less proficient >>amateurs ID their obs, suggesting objects to observe, analyzing >>flashing behaviours etc and sharing this makes the hobby joyful - >>how fun is it to do this just on your own? >> > > The way I read the restrictions, we can not add the catalog ID or UN/COSPAR > designation to our observation reports, if we used Space-Track elsets to > find the satellites! > Nor can we use them in mails suggesting objects to observe? > > We really should have a clarification on what we can post (on SeeSat-L > and on homepages), and what we can discuss privately with other registered > Space-Track users. Perhaps it's not difficult to get a SpaceTrack account and download TLE's, but what you said above amounts to flaming hoops for someone like me who's just a casual occasional observer. If I have trouble ID'ing a sat how do I talk to anyone about it? If I take a cool picture of a sat pass, can I post the image on my website? Couldn't that be interpreted as 'analysis'? How do I (or anyone else) know for certain that anyone they talk to has a SpaceTrack account? I could say I do and you may share info to me, but since I lied, you just broke the law. Perhaps I'm being extremist and perhaps paranoid in my opinion but this attitude by SpaceTrack is what I would expect from a communist or other oppressive nation and not a free republic like the USA. It is also my opinion that people aren't making a big enough stink about it either (that I'm aware of). I'll shut up now.... :) Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Home of the Seismic FAQ http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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