Discrepancies between Prediction Programs?
I noticed something strange tonight...
I was running Satscape version 8.2.17 beta and Orbitron 3.17 and I was getting two *VERY* different locations for AO-51. I had updated the keps for both programs tonight.
Time: 03:22:19 UTC Saturday 1 March 2008 (Shown on both programs)
AO-51 Location (Satscape 8.2.17 beta): Latitude: 007.7664 South Longitude: 117.0110 West
Orbitron 3.17: Latitude: 69.5008 East Longitude: 42.5000 North
Make sure both programs are displaying the same time. Some have an option to add an offset from the computer time, and it might not be set correctly. Jim KQ6EA
--- "Kent R. Frazier" k5knt@amsat.org wrote:
I noticed something strange tonight...
I was running Satscape version 8.2.17 beta and Orbitron 3.17 and I was getting two *VERY* different locations for AO-51. I had updated the keps for both programs tonight.
Time: 03:22:19 UTC Saturday 1 March 2008 (Shown on both programs)
AO-51 Location (Satscape 8.2.17 beta): Latitude: 007.7664 South Longitude: 117.0110 West
Orbitron 3.17: Latitude: 69.5008 East Longitude: 42.5000 North
-- Kent R. Frazier, K5KNT _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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