Ron,

this should be in the archives and its also on celestraks own website...

in case you missed it...

Status codes (where present): [+] = Operational [-] = Nonoperational [P] = Partially Operational [B] = Backup/Standby [S] = Spare [X] = Extended Mission

so pick the tle that has the latest epoch time... and ignore the status code

Kevin WA6FWF

----- Original Message ----- From: kromestars@frontiernet.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Celestrak Keps

Hi All: What does the brackets [-] [+] [P] mean beside each amsat on Celestrak's website. My sat database has AO51 listed twice as a [-] and [+]. The epoch time for each AO51 I have listed is not the same. Which bracket sign should I use. Thanks, Ron

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