Satellites - live tracking

[Piers]

Ever wondered where the GPS satellites are? Try,

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3d/JTrack3D.html

and see exactly where they are, live time.

Piers du Pre
MBM Cruising Club enthusiast
www.dupre.co.uk

 

[Guest]

Cor thanks Piers that's pretty impressive. My son thought it was a comuter game and wants to know how to shoot them down.

 

[Piers]

Great site eh, Colin? Amazing what's up there. I wonder if the GPS satellites have to obey nautical rules for collision avoidance???

Piers du Pre
MBM Cruising Club enthusiast
www.dupre.co.uk

 

[Guest]

Well it does make you wonder with so many up there criss crosing each others orbits, whether there is any likelihood of collision. And do they carry nav lights for the nightime part of their orbit? I suppose those in geostationary orbit have to display a black ball 'cos effectrively anchored.

 

[Guest]

......and the slower ones with big solar panels show a cylinder, because they are constrained by their 'draft'?????????????

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by peterS on Sun Dec 9 09:48:49 2001 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[petem]

Piers,

Nice site, though obviously not as interesting as your own!

I found the GPS ones, they're the big bright ones at high orbit.

Pete

 

[Piers]

Flattery will get you everywhere....

Piers du Pre
MBM Cruising Club enthusiast
www.dupre.co.uk

 

[Dave_Snelson]

They move them around y\'know!

There are 24 of them and they are capable of being moved. Especially useful for when you want to make the accuracy of cruise missiles even better in a war zone.