[Dxspider-support] Changes in retrieving Kepler elements fromNORAD/Celestrack

[Dirk Koopman]

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:51 -0500, David Spoelstra wrote:
> > if you update the 2LE for the different satellites by using the
> > Celestrack/NORAD website you can expect some changes in the near future.
> > Ie. retrieving the data will require a registration.
> 
> And, what's worse, is that according to the user agreement at 
> http://www.space-track.org/perl/new_account.pl
> 
> "The user agrees not to transfer any data, including, but not limited to,
> the analysis of tracking data, or other information received through
> this website or any services described herein to any third party without
> the prior express approval of the Secretary of Defense or his delegatee."
> 
> "Violations of those restrictions will be referred to appropriate legal
> authorities for enforcement/prosecution."
> 
> >From the way I read that, you will *not* be allowed to distribute the TLEs 
> through your packet cluster.

Well, currently, I am automatically redistributing the AMSAT 2line keps
which are sent to me every week by email.

I await, with interest, to see what happens...

Dirk