Hi all, I'm following the discussion about TLE distribution with great interest. I've not been active as an observer recently because of a very heavy workload. Most of my spare time put on space matters is devoted to maintaining my website which is now a good reference among French-speaking amateurs. To save time while taking positional data on a satellite, I intend to build a tracking system for my binoculars that could read azimuth and elevation data at the same time as time data either at pre-determined time interval or at the click of a button or trigger. I have a question though. Is there a program that use this kind of data directly to calculate an orbit and generate TLE. To know if my efforts will be worth the time and money, I'm asking if analysts prefer to use AD-dec data instead of Az-El or if any format is OK for all analysts. Thanks in advance for replies. BTW, I will be in France between Aug. 20 and 25 to meet amateur astronomers and satellite trackers. Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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