[amsat-bb] Bootleg KEPs? (was :FW: And on a different subject)

[RogerKola@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 01/03/04 4:43:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
luclebla@sorel-tracy.qc.ca writes:

> but as concerns have already been expressed by
>  various individuals within the Senate about national security issues
>  relating to orbital data and that future public access
>   
>   Things are changing and TLE may become a thing of the past - so wake up 
Rig
>   members and be aware that you may not have a hobby soon. 

Oh boy...bootleg TLE's now....static sats can be projected for a long time 
and peaked occasionally...the ones that move around have users that need to be 
advised of new locations....

Hams are pretty resourceful when it comes to solving problems..look at SO-45 
and AO-07...those were "found" , identified and restarted in a minuscule 
amount of time..

With the big RF "Curtain" the US maintains, interested parties would quickly 
resolve the "confirmation" of passes and paths to usable KEPs, the question 
would become, would the posting of these "extracted" KEPs along with "acquired" 
KEP's become illegal?

I think the "owners" of the sats will determine what is in the "public 
domain" (for want of a better phrase)... as for ISS, we can always just "Look up in 
the sky" to confirm it's orbit....

musings....

Roger
WA1KAT  
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