Re: GEO Orbit Determination

From: Fabio A via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 04:55:12 +0000
Marco,
thank you!

I will try it as soon as weather conditions improve.

Fabio

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:53 PM Marco Langbroek <marco_at_langbroek.org> wrote:

> Op 9-6-2020 om 21:35 schreef Fabio A via Seesat-l:
> > Hello everybody,
> > recently I've been trying to take a photo of a geostationary satellite
> > using a small telescope, I've been lucky and I made it.
> > Now I would like to try to determine its orbit, but I can't find a clear
> > procedure.
> > I would like to be able to produce a set of TLE and then check it
> against a
> > public available TLE.
> >
> > Can anybody suggest a way to do that?
> >
> > BR
> > Fabio Azzarello
>
>
> Hi Fabio,
>
> You will need more than one photo of the satellite for that, taken many
> hours apart.
>
> Some software to calculate orbits and refine orbits is here:
>
> http://sat.belastro.net/satelliteorbitdetermination.com/
>
> The input for that software needs to be in IOD format. You can transform
> positions and times in IOD format with my program "IOD Entry" which you
> can find
> here:
>
> http://software.langbroek.org/
>
>
> But first you will also need astrometric software (e.g. Astrometrica) to
> measure
> the image and determine coordinates of the satellite on the image. You
> will also
> need accurate times for your imagery (to a second or better).
>
> - Marco
>
>
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