[amsat-bb] SATpc32 -- doppler.sqf Editor

Jim Walls jim at k6ccc.org
Mon Apr 13 20:20:09 UTC 2020


On 04/13/2020 12:43, Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> A related question…Is there some reason we need to carry old, no longer in-use, satellites in these files? The
> Doppler.sql file is full of satellites one cannot possibly use anymore. Same question about the lists in general. Can one filter the lists so adding AO-51 for example to tracking is never even an option—as in one never even sees it.
>
Well, for one thing, dead satellites sometimes come back from the dead.  
AO-7 comes to mind - and yes, I was on the first US pass after it was 
confirmed to be alive after 21 years of silence.

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