Hi, Been lurking for a while but collecting all posts since Oct 1st. I have only my eyes right now but sure do appreciate those marvelous telephoto images and, especially, those videos!!! I don't know if I'll ever become as expert as you professional-amateurs but I do have a total facination with space and anything that moves through it. I've used a number of different programs to predict positions--STSPlus, Cartes du Ceil (which is quite quirky), Home Planet, Orbit and, most recently, Orbitron which, so far, I like the best... Couple quick questions: I heard that the ISS will be boosting soon (or, has? [just had surgery and a little clued-out]). 1) where's the best place to get totally up-to-date/immediate info on that kind of thing (plus updated TLEs)? 2) I've been using ftp://ftp.dransom.com/current.data (you many have to Refresh your web page to get the current date) for my TLEs and noticed ftp://ftp.dransom.com/current.data/ISS_DATA.TXT It has TLEs for many days "ahead" and I wondered how much those can be counted on for accuracy. 3) Is that site sufficient for the following objects (the only ones I'm tracking right now): 03835, 05560, 10967, 12585, 14207, 14372, 17973, 18187, 20261, 20580, 20625, 20663, 21397, 21574, 21701, 21819, 23560, 24883, 25544, 25860, 27386, 27422, 29252 ~Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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