Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
1 edit | Wow.
Sat stuff is cool. I'd always wondered exactly where all these sats are, and then I found a cool NASA java app that will show you exactly where most of the sats are (in scale!) in real time! Check this out:
»science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack···k3D.html
What I do is make the window a little bigger (fullscreen), zoom out a little, right click and center over North America. The big "ring" of sats all around the earth are all the geostationary sats. The click Sattelle>Select and pick from one of the DirecTV birds from the list (or any other sat that seems interesting). Then select Options>UpdateRate>1/4second and then Options>timing>x100 and be amazed  |
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antonio010
join:2002-11-24 | Pretty cool link. I played around on there viewing the different satellites. I truly had no idea that there were so many satellites in orbit! Honestly amazing! |
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Bane75
join:2002-09-20
Poway, CA | reply to Jerm
Does it scare anyone else that there are satellites up there called Skynet?? |
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thranx
join:2007-11-09 | haha, I said the same thing when looking at this with a co-worker. The robot apocalypse is at hand! |
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