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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). Orbital tracking (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...ing/index.html) returns this data: 37.6 S 38.9 E Alt. 379.24 km Home Planet's default SATELITE.SAT returns this data (rounded): 9.4 N 51.4 E Alt. 288.89 km And the current NORAD two-line element set from Celestrak (http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/stations.txt) returns this data (rounded): 25.7 S 31.4 E Alt. 378.60 km Also note the conflicting positions of TERRA (http://terra.nasa.gov/) From SATELITE.SAT: 11.27 S 80.71 E Alt. 655.57 km From Celestrak (http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/resource.txt): 64.33 S 33.94 E Alt. 702.95 km 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? Thanks in advance, Zachary Antolak |
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