Month: March 2009
TLEs – International Designator (Piece)
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. International Designator (Piece) This is a 3 letter code…
Read More »TLEs – International Designator (Launch number)
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. International Designator (Launch Number) This is a three digit…
Read More »TLEs – International Designator (Year)
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. International Designator (Year) This is a two digit number…
Read More »TLEs – Classification
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. Classification This is a one character string designating the…
Read More »TLEs – Satellite Number
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. Satellite Number This is a distinct incremental value is…
Read More »TLEs – Line Number
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. Line Number Did you really need detail on this…
Read More »TLEs – Satellite Name
This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here. Satellite Name Did you really need detail on this…
Read More »Space Station Debris Collision Sensationalism
Just a few minutes ago, the crew of the International Space Station were evacuated to a Soyuz capsule (for possible emergency reentry back to earth) due to the risk of a piece of orbital debris striking the station….
Read More »Satellite Collision graphics in 3D
After posting my kmz file of the Satellite Collision Debris, Tom Wagner of Iowa turned it into a 3D image. The picture has been published on spaceweather.com. Here is the image (links to spaceweather.com post).
Read More »Understanding Satellite Two Line Element Sets
(This page is a work in progress. It will be complete once all of the individual values are described in full.) The orbital elements of the satellites tracked by NORAD are supplied in a “Two Line Element” format….
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