-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 k4hsm@knology.net wrote: | Is there any way to predict when the orbital plane of USA193 is over an area? So we can look for possible debris not yet recorded or too small to track? I realize we may not see small debris re-enter, but it might give me an excuse to get out of the house... I've been working on a tool for a while now, mostly delayed due to last year's clouds over Texas for almost half the year. It doesn't tell you when you'll be able to see something like Heaven's Above does, but it will tell you how to point a telescope to follow an orbital plane as it comes up and sets. It's still rough. It doesn't do atmospheric correction, and everything is in Alt/Az (no RA/Dec yet). Also, it's on a very slow link and can make in excess of 400K of output at a go: http://idoru.home.texas.net/orbit-plane.html I've only got a handful of IDs in the system at the moment. All of Mike McCants' daily updates are in there, but not on the list link, so you'll have to know what vehicle ID you're after. John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHyMpHThFRLa48rEYRAmpQAJ4oV5BFCHQxJw/q9wJuUMrWImW3xwCePaeC dOO9Wl8J3MgeVEB9f1jDMcU= =B/fU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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