Greetings,<br>
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Let me first say that I am blown away by the scope, sophistication, and
sheer fun of this application. You folks have created
something truly wonderful.<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Wired </span>magazine just had an
article on a group of individuals who monitor and catalog the orbits of
all man-made satellites, including un-announced intel launches, visible
space debri, etc. The site "<a href="http://heavens-above.com">heavens-above.com</a>" developed by Chris
Peat has a very neat interface to all this data, including a nice sky
map application showing current satellite activity visible above any
geographic location.<br>
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Are there any plans to include the orbits of man-made satellites as
part of Kstars? All the required data could probably be provided
fairly easily, and in a standard/usable format by Mr. Peat (although I
shouldn't speak for him - glancing at his site it's apparent the
orbital data has to be standardized and portable.)<br>
<br>
This feature may be already in the works, but if it's not, and if it's
feasable to implement, I'd bet a lot of people would love it.<br>
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Thanks for listening and thanks for Kstars.<br>
<br>
James Sherman<br>
<a href="mailto:jsherman999@gmail.com">jsherman999@gmail.com</a><br>
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