[Xastir] Satellite Tracking

[AC7YY - Kim]

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 08:55 -0500, Keith Kaiser wrote:
> I don't see a lot of documentation on this. Google showed me a couple  
> of pages but they mostly lead back to aprs.fi. On top of that I don't  
> really know what I want to ask. I guess what I want to do is see and  
> track the various satellites and ISS on Xastir.
> 
> I seem to have found AO-51 which shows up as AO51 2105, I don't  
> understand what that means.

Keith 

from findu:
Position of AO512105 --- 26.1 miles southeast of RADOM, POLAND ---
Report received 7 minutes 15 seconds ago Course: 345.0 Speed: 1149.6
MPH 
Raw packet: YYDIGI>APND0X,96UHF2-2,qAR,AC7YY-15:;AO51
2105*121602z5111.46N\02139.16ES345/999 AOS at 12-06 09:17 LOC


The AO51 2105 refers to AO51 lastest KEPS updated on the 21th of May. 

kim - ac7yy

>  But either way if I tell Xastir to track  
> it I see the satellite with a yellow, red, and blue circle around it.  
> Xastir tells me its moving at 1150mph but I don't see a track.
> 
> How are some of you using Xastir with satellites?
> 



> 73's
> Keith Kaiser
> wa0tjt at gmail.com
> 
> 
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