[amsat-bb] Easy Satellite Pass Grouping

[Robert Bruninga]

I just found an easy way to get a printout off all amateur satellites for
the Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Overnight.

I have long been challenged to be able to easily recommend to students a
good list of satellites to go track during class hours.  Now I have an
easy way.

Just go to heavens-above.com and select Amateur satellites - all passes.
Then when the page comes up, select PRINT and it comes out to 4 pages.
(for me anyway)...  When I did it around 1 PM, I got the pages roughly
split to the four groups above.

For classes, I can toss the evening and overnight and have two pages for
my students to find a pass during class times.  These are usually good for
several days (not exact times) but for quickly assessing at a glance, what
satellites are generally coming over this week during the 8 AM to 6 PM
class times.

I do not show them the list, they are supposed to PREDICT a satellite pass
time by themselves, but this bundling gives me an easy list from which to
suggest good possibilities.

Of course, you have to be sure to enter your ground station location and
your latitude will make a difference to the total number of satlliites
involved.  Your mileage may vary!

Bob, WB4APR