I don't use Orbitron, but there is something a little odd here. Celestrak gets the Keps from Spacetrac, and according to the Orbitron site, they get theirs from Celestrak and another site which seems to get at least some of theirs from the same place. I am not saying people aren't seeing something, but it is almost certainly not the accuracy or timeliness of the Keps. Perhaps a formatting issue?
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:35 PM To: Zachary Beougher Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Web Page VS Orbitron
That was it! the stoff.pl set uploaded and now they agree!
Thanks!
Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/19/2011 1:17 PM, Zachary Beougher wrote:
Joe,
I have found Orbitron's to be off when I download the keps from celstrak.com. I assume you are downloading them from there - correct? If so, try getting it from stoff.pl. I have always found them to be right on. I have checked N2YO's tracking program out before, and it is very dependable. If the two disagree, I would go with N2YO.
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:55 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Web Page VS Orbitron
I found a web page that says it can track
and i installed a new Orbitron, and gave it the latest set of keps it wanted to do.
Thing is the two things do not agree at all where Oscar 7 is at. not even close.
soo how do I tell who is right other than to wait for a pass from either one and see if i hear anything.
Joe WB9SBD
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