Satellite Related Stuff

Did you visit my CoSaTrak (Computerised Satellite Tracking) page yet?

These links were collected mainly from postings to the SeeSat-L Mailing List.
Online archives for Astronomy Related Mailing Lists are avaliable here.

Information for Beginner Satellite Observers

• VSOHP - Visual Satellite Observers Home Page ... Alternative URL
• Greg Roberts - Artificial Satellite Tracking, Part I
• Greg Roberts - Artificial Satellite Tracking, Part II
• SeeSat-L (mailing list) FAQ links
• Visual Satellite Observing - Frequently Asked Questions
• Step-by-step (quick) way to get started with Satellite Tracking
• Very nice link site for beginners, by Ed Cannon
• Birdwatch - Observing Earth Satellites in LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
• The Satellite Site - the basics explained in animated graphics
• Stephen's Satellite Hunting pages - Nicely illustrated explanation of Sat. Terms
• Jeff Hunt - Visually observing Earth Satellites
• Jeff Hunt - Bright satellites for beginners
• Step-by-step instructions for beginners to do your own Iridium flash observations
• VISUAL.TXT - elsets for Jay Respler's list of 150 or so brightest objects / FTP Site
• Larry Brash's beginner and satellite photography pages

  Visual Satellite Predictions - Software and Online Resourses

• GSOC Satellite Predictions - Predict MIR, Iridiums + Bright Sats for any location ONLINE! - THE BEST!!
• J-Pass - Very nice realtime Java applets graphically tracking satellites
• J-Track - Online WYSIWYG animations graphically tracking satellites
• View the Earth & Moon from anywhere - Sun, Moon/Earth, any Lat/Long/Height even from a Satellite!
• View Earth from Satellite - select the current Earth view from a great selection of satellites
• Find the Longitude & Latitude of (just about) any place on Earth
• The Earth Satellite Ephemeris Service - online predictions for any site
• Earth Satellite Ephemeris Service - Very nice on-line predictions
• Satellite Tracking Predictions for Radio Hams
• Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page (VSOHP) - Tletools
• Comprehensive list of satellite prediction software from Mike McCants's site
• VSOHP's Orbsoft - Satellite Prediction Software collection
• Very comprehensive list of prediction software - ftp site
• Bjoern Gimle's collection of Satellite Tracking related software
• Paolo Cosetti - Homegrown freeware satellite tracking software and nice links

  Telescopic Satellite Observations

• Spectacular telescopic pictures and movies taken by the Toyama Astronomical Observatory
• Satellite Tracking with your LX200
• Museum of Science, Boston - Shuttle imaging page / Alternative URL
• Telescopic Images - blind deconvolution
• VSOHP - Telescopic Satellite Observations
• Dave Harvey - Satellite tracking using 61" & 90" telescopes
• David Cash - WebCam pictures of ISS while hand-guiding his Celestron Ultima 9.25"
• www.iss-tracking.de - A complete site devoted to imaging ISS
• Telescopic webcam ISS observations - very impressive captures!
• Telescopic webcam MIR observations
• Telescopic satellite pictures using SATPRO and Comsoft's PC-TCS software
• skyshow.com - Telescopic satellite observing pictures and link sites
• Stardial Camera pictures & movies of GeoSync Sats.
• CASTOR - Canadian Automatic Small Telescope for Orbital Research
• Merlin Controls Corporation
• Gary Eldridge's observations of satellite structures transiting the Moon
• Radar image of MIR
• John Locker's SATCOM page - includes telescopic satellite images
• Telescopic Pictures of Aircraft transitting the Sun and Moon

  MIR space station

• Mir Home Page
• VSOHP - Mir Page
• Mir News - Chris vd Berg
• Real Time MIR tracking page
• GSOC Satellite Predictions - Predict MIR for any location online
• Mir Visibility predictions for all main cities worldwide
• Conrad Kirksey - Mir visibility predictions for major cities worldwide

  Shuttle Missions

• Shuttle Home Page
• NASA's Space Flight - dedicted to the Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS)
• Space Shuttle - Excellent link site for all aspects of the Shuttle
• Space Shuttle Guide
• Shuttle-Mir Page
• Shuttle-Mir photo's
• Info on Shuttle Missions
• Unofficial Shuttle Launch Schedule
• (Official) Shuttle Launch Schedule
• Latest Shuttle Element Set
• Shuttle elements (incl. pre-launch)
• Dave Ransom - Shuttle information & early/current elements

ISS - International Space Station

• nternational Space Station - Excellent link site for all aspects of ISS
• NASA's Space Flight - dedicted to the Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS)

  Tethered Satellites

• TiPS (Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment) home page
• TiPS
• ATEx - Advanced Tether Experiment
• ATEx Deployment Failure Paper

  Iridiums - Satellites that get so bright, you can see them naked eye in daytime!

• VSOHP's Iridium Page - Information, Prediction software, Orbital elements, etc.
• GSOC Satellite Predictions - Online predictions for Iridiums for any location
• Step-by-step instructions for beginners to do your own Iridium flash observations
• The Iridium Flare prediction story
• Björn Gimle's Irdium page
• Lloyd Wood - very good source of Iridium information
• Paolo Bussola - Excellent Iridium Flare Photography and Animations (Italian)
• NASA/GSFC Iridium elements
• Dr. T.S. Kelso's Iridium elements

  Information on Satellites and Launches

• Jonathan's Space Report - Latest launches Updated weekly
• Jonathan's Space Home Page - Lots of satellite/launch info
• Florida Today
• JPL - Latest Space News
• NASA's SPACEWARN Bulletin
• Spacefilght Now - All you ever wanted to know about NASA's space progammes
• Proposed worldwide launch schedule of satellites by SpaceFlightNow
• The Satellite Encyclopedia - fact sheet and payload description of over 2000 satellites
• Brian Webb - VdB AFB launch schedules + excellent info on photographing sats
• 'Zarya' - A Source of Information on Soviet and Russian Spaceflight
• Brian Webb's library archive page of interesting satellite related images & radio interviews
• Unmanned Spacecraft Info & Satellite links
• Gunter's Space Page
• JPL's Mission and Spacecraft Library
• Large collection of links to satellite program homepages
• Mark Wade's ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTRONAUTICA - Very comprehensive Satellite Information .... Alternative URL
• List of predicted decaying satellite candidates, by Alan Pickup
• Gunter's Space Page: Comprehensive Info on Rockets, Launch Vehicles, Satellites, Astronauts, etc.
• Newsweekly dedicated entirely to space and aerospace business
• The Satellites website - Lots of info on Satellites from a Canadian perpective

  Home Pages of active Satellite Observers & Groups

• Visual Satellite Observers Home Page (VSOHP)
Highly recommended!!
• The Belgian Working Group Satellites (BWGS) Home Page
- active in measuring satellite flash periodes
• Artificial Satellite Tracking & Imaging
• SeeSat-L Mailing List Archives
• SeeSat-L Mailing List Members Homepages
• Kurt Jonckheere - Flashing satellite Acceleration Reports, etc.
• Mike McCants - for Quicksat satellite prediction program
• Ed Cannon - Visually Observing Satellites, Useful and Informative Sites
• Dave Ransom - Satellite prediction software & latest elements
• Alphonse Pouplier - Belguim Includes prediction Software
• James E. Byrd - The Amateur Satellite Observers of Southern Virginia
• Robert Sheaffer - Observing Earth Satellites
• Paul D. Maley's Occultation, Eclipse & Satellite Tracking pages
• Euro Space Center - Belgium
• John Locker
• Björn Gimle
• Alex Sergejew - Celestial Mechanics
• Russel Whigham - Auburn Astronomical Society
• Sven's Space Place - spaceflight history, space radio tracking & space technology
• Josh R. Williams - Large list of links + Shuttle TLE updates
• John Corby - Hearsat-L mailing list Moderator
• AMSAT - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
• The High Altitude Satellite Observers Home Page

  WWW resources for fresh Satellite Elements

• Kelso - Celestial WWW
• T.S. Kelso's NORAD Two-Line Element Sets - Current Data
• VISUAL.TXT - elsets for Jay Respler's list of 150 or so brightest objects
• Satellite Tracking Houston - Good source for fresh elements
• Comprehensive links page for getting fresh satellite orbital elements
• Mike McCants' Satellite Tracking TLE ZIP Files
• Alan Pickup's SatEvo Page - updated twice daily
• Home page of Tony Beresford, South Australia - latest elements
• SPECIAL.TXT - Updated daily. ~1500 sats - OIG Special Interest Group TLE's combined
• VISUAL.TXT - Updated daily. ~ 140 sats
• SATBASE.TLE - Updated 2-3 times/week. ~ 8400 sats
• KEPELE.TLE - Updated daily. ~520 sats
• BRIGHT50.TLE - Updated weekly. ~50 sats
• ALLDAT.TLE - Updated daily 4:25 p.m. CDT (21:25 UTC) ~8400 sats

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