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Old October 7th 03, 07:47 PM
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On 7 Oct 2003 00:37:12 -0700, (Zachary
Antolak) wrote:

Now, my questions: Why don't both the SATELITE.SAT and Celestrak data
approximate the actual position of the ISS?


SATELITE.SAT is probably years out of date.

How can I fix it so they
do?


Get visual.txt (or the data set of you choice) from Celestrak, put it
in your hplanet directory, and change hp's config to use the new file.

Is there a more accurate
source for two-line element sets?


Celestrak is pretty good, tho there might be better. I've heard that
the NASA orbital data is the freshest for things like shuttle
launches. (remember those?)

Mike
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