> > How would one go about extracting a satellite's longitude and > latitude from the TLE's? I realize that this will be a function of time > ... > I am setting the stage for a mini-project involving the > photography of geosat constellations and would like to be able to > generate the above-mentioned results at a whim's notice so as to plan my > photo sessions and photo composition/framing. > In SkyMap, you can set your elevation to -6370000 (or -6370k), latitude to 90 or -90, and longitude to 0, to get Earth centered predictions, then zoom in on each satellite to read its longitude and latitude. (This way you can also get ground track plots) But that hardly helps photography - just as well run predictions for your site, and read coordinates, or view star field around the interesting sats! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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