THE BOOKSHELF

 

Invaluable resources about satellite tracking:

Visual observing

Several docs about what you should know as a satellite tracking amateur.

All these readings start from the basic skills required.

 

Satellite Spotter's guide

by Alan Bose

 

Introduction to Visual Satellite Observing  revised edition May 2001

by Jeff Hunt

 

Visual Satellite Observing - FAQ

by members of the SeeSat-L Mailing List

 

IOD Observation Format Description

by George Lewis

 

 

Technical documentation

 

TLE format, orbital mechanics and orbit propagators

 

NORAD Two-Line Element Set Format

by T.S.Kelso

 

Satellite Times Columns: Computers and Satellites

by T.S.Kelso

 

Spacetrack Report n.3

by F.Hoots and R.Roehrich

 

Simple procedure for calculating local look angles

by Scott P. Donnell

 

Orbital Motion

by A.da Silva Curiel

 

A Summary of Satellite Orbit Related Calculations

by Murad, Jang, Atallah, Karne, Baras

 

 

Books

 

Satellite Orbits: Models, Methods and Applications

by O.Montenbruck, E.Gill

Springer

 

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications

by David A. Vallado

Springer

Orbital Mechanics

by T.Logsdon

Wiley-Interscience

 

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics

by Roger R. Bate, Muller, White

Dover

 

Methods of astrodynamics

by Pedro Ramon Escobal

 

Methods of Orbit Determination

by Pedro Ramon Escobal.

 

Satellite Orbits in an Atmosphere - Theory and application

by Desmond King-Hele.

 

Observing Earth Satellites

by Desmond King-Hele

 

A Tapestry of Orbits

by Desmond King-Hele

 

Artificial Satellite Observing

by H.Miles