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> As the article mentioned, there is no such thing as space-track.org or celestrak.org where anyone can get trajectories for all deep space spacecraft. The clos
by yellowapple 2y ago
> As the article mentioned, there is no such thing as space-track.org or celestrak.org where anyone can get trajectories for all deep space spacecraft. The closest thing we have is JPL Horizons, so they're working with them:
That seems like something that's worth fixing as more and more artificial objects get launched into deep space.
- minetest2048 2y agoThis should be an international effort, not just US! They will censor out their spy satellites, even if its accidentally taken by a sky survey telescope: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/when-a-telescope-is-a-national-security-risk/ar-AA1v7EwG https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/when-a-telescope-i... Then other countries can use this as an excuse to not go public with their spacecraft ephemerides (US didn't tell the world about all of their spacecrafts, so why should I do that?)
- lttlrck 2y agoSure - but they didn't even mention the US.
- lazide 2y agoYeah, there have also been some other odd historical objects like [https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/how-a-long-gone-apollo-rocket-returned-to-earth/ https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/how-a-long-gone-...] In that case they figured out what it was when a spectrograph of the surface light showed it was - painted! Hah.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago> In that case they figured out what it was when a spectrograph of the surface light showed it was - painted! Hah. Good they caught it now, though I figured all the paint has long been eaten away by UV rays.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoDamn right! I was actually surprised to learn there is no such thing yet; I'd expect some space agency would be hosting some frontend to a database collectively maintained by various space agencies and adjacent organizations. Nevertheless, great to see they're working on it now!