>hello; > > I got the new.tle and then on our Unix typed unix2dos then brought it >in via ASCII then on my PC did the edit, save, and exit, it worked and I >got no error message. > I do note the following; > >1. even with the change there is NO ^M, ^Z at all. ^M and ^Z don't appear on the screen, (usually) this is a notation that designates the Carrige Return and IBM end of file characters. As these are 'non-printing' characters and to make them visible in messages we type 'carat' ^ and then the letter. IF you look at the file with a HEX editor you will see that they ARE there, maybe displayed as 0A and 0D. you may compare the before and after files. >2. I note that the elements from Spacelink on MIR are very > different than on the new tle. So do I edit MIR's elements in the new > tle with Spacelinks one ? Which one is NEWER?? use that one. look at the epoch date field in 'line 1' TODAY is 95228.xxxxxxxx (YearDay.fraction of day) > >Thanks for the help...again.. > > Mike > >PS: If I can get this STS working I will register for it... > Hope this helps. Ben ====================================================== Hey-You-Net: Ben J. Huset Internet: benhuset@skypoint.com Web-net: www.skypoint.com/members/benhuset Morse-net: -.- .- ----- .--. ... --.- Voice-net: 612-639-9109 FAX-Net: 612-638-9964 Stamp-net: PO Box 581939, Minneapolis, MN 55458-1939 GPS-net: 45deg 03' 51"N 93deg 11' 34"W