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.
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
by F.Hoots and R.Roehrich
Simple procedure for calculating local look angles
by Scott P. Donnell
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