[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-NA Keps Page

[Bryce Salmi]

We currently point to the old website (simply disabled the portions that
used the database causing errors earlier in the year). This way we can use
the information from the older website until it can be ported over to the
new website (which is actually very easy but someone needs to do it! hint
hint for any potential volunteers). Those of us volunteering for the
website over the Summer work pushed to get the functioning website up and
running on Wordpress but in cases such as mine I've refocused most of my
time to Fox-1 engineering (free time that is) to keep that moving along.
There's still valuable kep information regarding what they are and how they
are derived. I agree we need to figure out the actual element issue and
it's been a recent topic for the website volunteers since the AO-73 launch.
Suggestions are always welcome and help bring attention to something us
volunteers may be missing.

Bryce
KB1LQC


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Stefan Wagener <wageners at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Clint,
>
> help me understand why you would go to the AMSAT website for keps?
>
> AMSAT will use keps that are available for download from another source be
> it
>
> celestrak
>
> http://celestrak.com
>
> or space-track
>
> https://www.space-track.org
>
> and someone at AMSAT (e.g. volunteer) has to publish those on the AMSAT
> website. There will always be a delay since you add another step in the
> process.
>
> Use the most up to date source (see above). My point of view, AMSAT should
> not be publishing keps (unless they are the only ones getting them directly
> from the source for a brand new satellite and have a mechanism in place to
> update them immediately once they change) but rather pointing to the best
> source.
>
> Stefan, VE4NSA
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Clint Bradford <clintbradford at mac.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Two hours ago, I went to the AMSAT.org site, and checked on the Keplerian
> > data files that were
> > available.
> >
> > But I just now clicked on it, and it throws me to the 2005-era Keps page
> -
> > with the light blue
> > background ...
> >
> > My browser's cache isn't THAT old ...
> >
> > Clint
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>