# Input file for 'obs_test'

# Set up desired lat/lon/ht in meters/JD, specify a TLE, and

# the topocentric RA/dec/distance will be shown.

lat 44.01

lon -69.9

# Western longitudes are negative, eastern positive. The above

# lat/lon corresponds to my location in Bowdoinham, Maine, in the

# northeastern United States.

ht 100

JD 2452541.5 /* 24 Sep 2002 0h UT */

ISS

1 25544U 98067A 02256.70033192 .00045618 00000-0 57184-3 0 1499

2 25544 51.6396 328.6851 0018421 253.2171 244.7656 15.59086742217834

# Above should give RA = 350.1615 deg, dec = -24.0241, dist = 1867.97542 km

# Now compute a second, higher satellite for the same place/time:

Cosmos 1966 Rk

1 19448U 88076D 02255.52918163 -.00000002 00000-0 10000-3 0 4873

2 19448 65.7943 338.1906 7142558 193.4853 125.7046 2.04085818104610

# Above should give RA = 3.5743, dec = 30.4293, dist = 32114.83063 km