> Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:17:00 -0400 > From: JAY RESPLER <jrespler@superlink.net> > To: SeeSat-L <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> > > Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote: > > How would one go about extracting a satellite's longitude and > > latitude from the TLE's? > Hi Jay, > I used to use MrOrbit. That has a function giving lat/long. Thanks for the lead ... I will locate it and go from there ... > > I am interested in writing some software to basically parse a > > geosat TLE file and produce a list of corresponding longitudes and > > latitudes. I would like to produce results, if possible, accurate to > > within one and, preferably, two decimal places. > > Unless you just want the exercise, software already exists. I wouldn't mind going through it myself for the sake of education. Never too old to learn ... :-) > > 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. > > As mentioned before, you don't need lat/long. You do want azimuth/ > elevation. The best way to do that is use a prediction program > like HIGHFLY. You may then make predictions at a moment's notice. I did pursue your earlier advice and did download HIGHFLY from Mike's site and have already generated summary results. > -- > Jay Respler Anthony. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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