I am sure most you all are already aware of this. But for those listening to this discussion, the exact format required for the TLE is included in the header of every weekly TLE distribution. I have sent this in basic text format to avoid extra spaces.
DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM
This is a handy sanity check for all TLE sets.
Ray Hoad WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager
On 1/18/21 8:56 AM, Alan wrote:
These should have the correct check sum.
Ah ha!
RadFxSat-2 1 99995U 00000 21017.85640046 .00000000 00000-0 10000-4 0 03 2 99995 60.6849 134.0000 0012810 280.8458 55.7744 15.21152014 05
There is an extra space between 60.6849 and 134.0000 on line 2.
Delete this space and all should be good. Fixed-column punched cards strike again!
--- Zach N0ZGO
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