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Marlin T · 06-09-2007, 03:36 PM

I thought that was a really neat site, Real Time Satellite Tracking.

http://www.n2yo.com/

Sackett · 06-09-2007, 06:49 PM

Thanks Marlin T. I was trying to find some tracking service today. Yours is a good one.
One I found was science.nasa.gov. It shows various other trackings as well, but yours is better I think.

Pat Hurley · 06-09-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Marlin T

I thought that was a really neat site, Real Time Satellite Tracking.

http://www.n2yo.com/

That's really cool Marlin. My 11 year old is going to be hooked.

Silencer · 06-14-2007, 03:34 AM

NASA has something like this, too. I remember posting it a long time ago. However, it appears they don't track the Space Shuttle anymore. Odd.

http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html

Here's the NASA tracker for the Space Shuttle. Why they do it this way, I'll never know. Makes no sense.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

Lead Lobber · 06-14-2007, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Silencer

NASA has something like this, too. I remember posting it a long time ago. However, it appears they don't track the Space Shuttle anymore. Odd.

http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html

Here's the NASA tracker for the Space Shuttle. Why they do it this way, I'll never know. Makes no sense.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

We could tell you, but they would probably want to kill you ..

Just messing with you - it's the money thing, budget, and so on, don't you know?

JohnK3 · 06-15-2007, 09:58 AM

Want to track sats with Amateur Radio on them?

http://www.ac6v.com/satellites.htm

Internet is nice, but you can talk real-time with astronauts aboard the ISS and the Shuttle via Amateur Radio with a simple Technician class license. No code required for any class of ham radio license any more and the Tech is the easiest license to earn.

Cost of gear would be maybe $400-$700 for a decent VHF FM rig, directional antenna and a power supply. I have known people to talk to ISS using a handheld radio (HT, or "Handie-Talkie") running 5 watts and a small handheld beam antenna.

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Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,300	Re: Space Shuttle fans come on in. NASA has something like this, too. I remember posting it a long time ago. However, it appears they don't track the Space Shuttle anymore. Odd. http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html Here's the NASA tracker for the Space Shuttle. Why they do it this way, I'll never know. Makes no sense. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/ __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! Last edited by Silencer; 06-14-2007 at 03:37 AM..

06-15-2007, 09:58 AM	#6
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Re: Space Shuttle fans come on in. Want to track sats with Amateur Radio on them? http://www.ac6v.com/satellites.htm Internet is nice, but you can talk real-time with astronauts aboard the ISS and the Shuttle via Amateur Radio with a simple Technician class license. No code required for any class of ham radio license any more and the Tech is the easiest license to earn. Cost of gear would be maybe $400-$700 for a decent VHF FM rig, directional antenna and a power supply. I have known people to talk to ISS using a handheld radio (HT, or "Handie-Talkie") running 5 watts and a small handheld beam antenna.