Re: [FT OT] Satelittes, hundreds of them

Richard Slattery wrote:

> I just came across an interesting link that I thought may be of
> interest to some of the list...
>
> It's a web based java app that shows the orbits of all the current
> satellites around earth. You can select various ones, see their
> orbits, move the viewpoint.... you get a good idea of how crowded it
> is out there already ;)
>
> http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3d.html
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> Richard Slattery	       richard@mgkc.demon.co.uk
> People come to Washington believing it is the center of power. I know
I did. It was only much later that I learned that
> Washington is a steering wheel that's not connected to an engine.
>      Richard Goodwin
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 What a really COOL java applet!  Thanks for the link!	It really helps
to visualize orbits when you can see them like
that.

Donald Hosford