Space
operations encompass a wide variety of disciplines,
including "flying" the satellite and using
the services provided by the satellite systems.
Space
Operations
Space
capabilities have
dramatically improved our lives, e.g., GPS, SATCOM,
imagery, weather, etc.
Satellite
Operations (SATOPS)
are significantly impacted by space weather. Like
ships at sea, satellites
too must endure severe storms in their environment.
Heavens-Above
provides times of satellite
visibility over your backyard with star charts showing
its track.
Human
Spaceflight Orbital Tracking by
NASA show both the ISS and Shuttle ground tracks
near real time.
Solar
System Dynamics site
by NASA JPL provides information related to bodies
in orbit around our Sun.
Two-Line
Element Sets are
available from the Center for Space Standards
& Innovation through NORAD.
Satellite
Toolkit from
Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) is an industry-standard
orbital analysis application.
Spacecraft
Digest from
Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) offers archived
spacecraft data with over 2000 records.
NASA
TV features live television coverage
of significant events, such as mission launches.
J-Track
from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
lets you track ISS, Hubble and the Shuttle.
ESA
Orbits is
a cool interactive site that displays
real-time models of ESA's satellites.
