[Kstars-devel] SatLIb verification

[JB BUTET]

Hi Jason :)

Hve you updated your TLEs ? (Three Line Elements)

You need it if you want predictions are accurate.

Keep contact ;)

JB


Jason Harris a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I have finally added Earth satellite tracking to KStars using SatLib; see the 
> attached screenshot.  However, I'm having trouble verifying that the 
> predictions are accurate.  I'm comparing to websites like heavens-above.com, 
> and it looks to me like the SatLib predictions are completely different.
> 
> Quoting an earlier email on this topic[1]:
>> I'm comparing [the SatLib predictions] to various sources online,
>> especially heavens-above.com and spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata.
>>
>> For example, these websites predict a pass by HST over Tucson, AZ on 18
>> April 2007 at 4:25 am, local time.  But I'm not seeing an HST pass in
>> KStars anywhere near that time.
> 
> I've tried several other dates as well, I can't seem to find any correlation 
> between the SatLib predictions and those published at heavens-above and NASA.
> 
> I was wondering if you had any insight in this matter.  Have you done any 
> verification of the SatLib predictions?  If so, can you share the sources you 
> compared with?
> 
> thanks,
> Jason
> 
> [1]: http://lists.kde.org/?l=kstars-devel&m=117688489902995&w=2
> 
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