I did a test to see how close tomas fly's path was. Using this latest orbit. ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 03135.48473194 .00011619 00000-0 15101-3 0 127 2 25544 51.6307 184.5710 0006298 116.4433 319.0011 15.59274485255903 For example tom gives 1------- 2----- 3------ 4-- 5-------- 6--------- 7 8---- 9---- 2:55:35 23.327 168.109 543 46.6558 N, 56.4769 W n -23.7 179.4 2:55:36 23.288 168.193 544 46.7058 N, 56.4035 W n -23.7 179.4 2:55:37 23.250 168.278 544 46.7557 N, 56.3300 W n -23.6 179.4 2:55:38 23.212 168.362 545 46.8057 N, 56.2563 W n -23.6 179.4 2:55:39 23.173 168.447 545 46.8556 N, 56.1825 W n -23.5 179.4 2:55:40 23.135 168.532 546 46.9055 N, 56.1085 W n -23.5 179.4 I got 16 May 2003 02:55:35.00 46.547 -56.651 16 May 2003 02:55:36.00 46.597 -56.578 16 May 2003 02:55:37.00 46.647 -56.505 16 May 2003 02:55:38.00 46.697 -56.431 16 May 2003 02:55:39.00 46.747 -56.358 16 May 2003 02:55:40.00 46.797 -56.284 Rob's program gives 2003/05/16 2:55:35 46.5463 -56.6498 2003/05/16 2:55:36 46.5963 -56.5767 2003/05/16 2:55:37 46.6464 -56.5035 2003/05/16 2:55:38 46.6964 -56.4301 2003/05/16 2:55:39 46.7465 -56.3566 2003/05/16 2:55:40 46.7965 -56.2830 My results are close to rob's, but not tom's. But since he would have used a different orbit, then he gets different results. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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