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   - This page for calculating satellite position:  [[http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennasatelazposcalc.html]]   - This page for calculating satellite position:  [[http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennasatelazposcalc.html]]
  
 +Coordinates for Mom and Dad's place:  38.18 N  75.54
  
 ^Satellite ^Orbital slot ^Launch date ^Satellite type ^Azimuth ^Elevation  ^ ^Satellite ^Orbital slot ^Launch date ^Satellite type ^Azimuth ^Elevation  ^
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 |DirecTV-13* |110° W |November 16, 2012 |Boeing BSS-702 |  227.9 |  33.1  | |DirecTV-13* |110° W |November 16, 2012 |Boeing BSS-702 |  227.9 |  33.1  |
 |Galaxy 3C |95° W |15 June 2002 |Boeing BSS-702 |  209.7 |  41.3  | |Galaxy 3C |95° W |15 June 2002 |Boeing BSS-702 |  209.7 |  41.3  |
 +|Hughes Net Data|87° W          |No Idea                |No Idea                        |  198.1                |  44.1  |
  
-IDL Code to enter this data:  <code> +<code> 
-IDL> loc=[109.8,100.8,72.5,101.2,109.8,109.5,119.0,100.8,101.1,102.8,99.2,102.8,99.2,110.0,95.0] +loc=[109.8,100.8,72.5,101.2,109.8,109.5,119.0,100.8,101.1,102.8,99.2,102.8,99.2,110.0,95.0] 
-IDL> az=[227.7,217.3,175.0,217.8,227.7,227.4,236.8,217.3,217.7,219.8,215.3,219.8,215.3,227.9,209.7] +az=[227.7,217.3,175.0,217.8,227.7,227.4,236.8,217.3,217.7,219.8,215.3,219.8,215.3,227.9,209.7] 
-IDL> el=[33.2,38.5,45.6,38.3,33.2,33.4,27.0,38.5,38.3,37.4,39.3,37.4,39.3,33.1,41.3]+el=[33.2,38.5,45.6,38.3,33.2,33.4,27.0,38.5,38.3,37.4,39.3,37.4,39.3,33.1,41.3] 
 +s=sort(az) 
 +plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250] 
 +!p.title='Direct TV Fleet As Seen From The Woods' 
 +; plot the satellites as diamonds (psym=4) 
 +plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250],xtitle='Azimuth (True Degrees)',ytitle='Elevation (Degrees)' 
 +; print the westing locations on the plot 
 +for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin xyouts,az(i),el(i)-2-i*2,STRCOMPRESS(STRING(loc(i),FORMAT='(f6.1)'),/REMOVE_ALL) 
 +; draw a vertical line from the string/location to the satellite 
 +for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin plots,[az(i),az(i)],[el(i),el(i)-2-i*2],psym=0
 </code> </code>
 +
 +Here is what this looks like in the sky:
 +
 +{{:satellite:television:directtvfleetinsky.png|}}
  
  
satellite/television/directtv.1210629965.txt.gz · Last modified: 2008/05/12 22:06 by david