Other Information.
The following are some pointers to various sources of further information.
- Orbital Elements
- Space-Track.org is the primary
distributor of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 2-line orbital elements and
related data, replacing NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Orbital
Information Group (OIG), which permanently ceased operations on 2005 Mar 31.
- T.S. Kelso provides orbital elements and related software via his
CelesTrak website.
- NASA's
Space Flight pages have been retired.
- AMSAT's server
provides elements of satellites of interest primarily to radio amateurs.
- On-line Predictions
- Heavens-Above,
in Munich, Germany provides prediction services for bright satellites,
including the ISS, the shuttle, and Iridium satellites. You can either input
your own coordinates, use a nearby city or determine your coordinates using
their data base. Further information for beginning observers can be found
here
- Satellite Observing
for other great satellite information pages...
Contact: webmaster@satobs.org