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Old October 7th 03, 09:38 PM
Larry Brash
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Default Home Planet satellite inaccuracies

Zachary Antolak wrote:

I have been using Home Planet
(http://fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/homeplanet.html) for a few days, and
have noticed some inaccuracies with the satellite tracking. For
example, the position of ISS (ZARYA).


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Now, my questions: Why don't both the SATELITE.SAT and Celestrak data
approximate the actual position of the ISS? How can I fix it so they
do? Which data sets are more trustworthy/accurate: the default
SATELITE.SAT or the sets from Celestrak? Is there a more accurate
source for two-line element sets?


How recent are the TLEs that you are using? ISS undergoes frequently
orbital maneuvers, e.g. its height etc. Always use the very latest TLEs
with ISS and other LEO stats.

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Larry Brash