Re: [amsat-bb] satellite names

[Bernard Pidoux F6BVP <f6bvp@xxxxxxx>]

The only unambiguous denomination for a satellite is actually the object 
number attributed by NASA (if I am right).

Thus, all softwares should look for a match on the object number and not 
on the various denominations for the same object.

This is how I solved the problem when writing SATDOC, SATUPDAT servers 
F6FBB BBS PROGRAM.

73 DE BERNARD? F6BVP

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Paul Yeager wrote:
> Gee.... ya mean write some software that actually accommodates the way 
> humans do things?  What a concept!
> 
> By the way, I'm a software engineer, and this is not an idle snipe.  One 
> might construct a table of satellite names, where each row represented a 
> satellite, and each column represented one of the possible names for 
> that satellite.
> 
> When attempting to verify a match, one would attempt to select from this 
> table all rows that contain either the sat name from QSO A or the sat 
> name from QSO B.  If the the QSOs are indeed a match, one row would be 
> returned.  It  not a match, two rows would be returned.
> 
> There's my two cents' worth!
> 
> 73
> 
> Paul W4SKI
> 
> At 12:47 PM 1/31/04 -0500, sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
> 
>> Thats why the ONLY reliable name method for LOTW to use is to have 
>> AMSAT-NA build an intelligent database of satellite names.
>> This database would "lump" Oscar-40, OSCAR-40, OSCAR 40, AO40, and 
>> AO-40 into the same field. So if you use one of those names and I use 
>> one of the other names for Oscar 40 ... LOTW will "see" the QSOs in 
>> our logs as a MATCH.  That is the only way it can work.
>>
>> W4SCO
>>
>>
>> At 11:10 AM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>> Jim -
>>>
>>> The names that are associated with satellite Keplerian elements 
>>> depend on where you get the elements from.  If everyone got them from 
>>> the same source, then the names would be consistent, but that isn't 
>>> the case.
>>> Some "Keps" say Oscar-40 or OSCAR-40 or OSCAR 40, some say AO-40.  
>>> The only thing that is consistent is the satellite catalog number, 
>>> and even those can be mis-assigned (especially shortly after launch 
>>> if there are multiple payloads).
>>>
>>> W9IP
>>>
>>> Jim Jarvis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wouldn't it be simplest for lotw/adif folks to take the
>>>> names as they appear in NOVA?  This is consistent with how
>>>> the KEPS are named.
>>>>
>>>> A short note to whomever is reponsible for lotw @ arrl
>>>> should be enough to get this fixed.  Or am I missing
>>>> something?
>>>>
>>>> N2EA
>>>>
>>>>
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