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I agree, I only learned it recently but there are a few very motivated individuals that track satellites and share a lot of the information. I learned about it
by aeleos 9y ago
I agree, I only learned it recently but there are a few very motivated individuals that track satellites and share a lot of the information. I learned about it during the whole Zuma fiasco, from the SatTrackCam blog [0]. I would definitely recommend reading it if this sort of thing interests you, it awesome to see how these guys do the tracking and the sheer amount of information they infer. The Zuma ones are great, along with the ones about the ISS and the satellite got close to it.
[0] https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/ https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/
- dmix 9y agoAny TLDR for the "Zuma fiasco"? Edit: I read the wiki, very interesting > A number of articles published by the amateur satellite tracking community state that if the satellite is still in orbit and operating covertly, they will attempt to locate it visually https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Zuma_(satellite) https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Zuma_(satellite)
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoLink that works without JavaScript: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuma_%28satellite%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuma_%28satellite%29
- tomcooks 9y agothank you, i really appreciate
- reaperducer 9y agoAnd I got downvoted into oblivion for suggesting just that scenario when the launch "failed."