Ozzie's "Space Stuff"

Ozzie's Space Stuff

Here are links to technical information about Space Exploration. This is the page that outgrew Ozzie's Home Page.

It will suffer greatly from neglect, since more time and effort is put into his SpaceLaunch Viewing FAQ Page, which answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about when & where to view a launch of Space Shuttles and unmanned spacecraft when visiting the Space Coast of Florida.

As of the edit of this page, The Next Shuttle Launch will be STS-112. Clicking on The Next Shuttle Launch will get you the latest information, however, since NASA keeps it's site at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/ pretty up to date. (and saves me some work :-)> )

The latest Space Reports are available from Florida Today, the local newspaper of The Space Coast of Florida. Directions to Space View Park in Titusville to view the launch, are useful (I hope) and,

Get current Shuttle Keps in Two Line Element format, or Shuttle Keps in Amsat format. If you need some satellite tracking software, check the AMSAT Download Site

The Celestial WWW Site, the definitive civilian web site for Keplerian elements, the mathematical variables needed by computer programs to predict satellite orbits. Another site with orbital Keps & background on Keplerian elements in general is Orbitessera.

Information on "Iridium Glint" phenomina. The sun reflects off satellite antennas, and can be predicted.

. You can also view the Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page.

You can see the Space Shuttle if it is not in the Earth's shadow, but you are. This means that before dawn or after dusk, you have the possibility of being in the Earth's shadow (when it is dark out for you), but the Space Shuttle is still in sunshine. Sunlight will strike the shuttle, and be reflected becoming visible as a moving star from the Earth below. the best site for this is Heavens-Above.Com

STS-112 is the next Shuttle Launch, currently scheduled for October 02. Here is the manifest of future Shuttle missions. Get current Shuttle Keps in Two Line Element format, or Shuttle Keps in Amsat format (see Keplarian Elements below if you need to know more about this). The Celestial Web Site a replacement to the "Celestial BBS") has all the latest keplarian elements.
Here are the Unmanned Launch manifests. When a Space Shuttle Countdown is "on", you can get the Shuttle Countdown Here You can also reach the Shuttle Countdown Home Page.
KSC Launch Preperation Overview.
The Dallas Remote Imaging Group has lots of information on Weather Satellites, and how to recieve them.
SpaceLaunch News is published by Viewpoint Information Publishers. This "program book" of Space Shuttle launches is given out free to visitors who line the Indian River in Titusville before a launch.
Where and How to View a Space Shuttle launch: This is my SpaceLaunch FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page. The National Space Society is also on the web. NASA's Office of Space Flight is another good jumping off point. Get keps & frequencies for picking up the Mir Space Station. Here's another Random Space Information Site, and another Launch FAQ site. There's even someone else who claims to be a Space Geek.
The Space Frontier Foundation, which coined the term "Cheap Access to Space" is a grass roots organization of American citizens dedicated to opening the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible. For general information on the Foundation, call 1-800-78SPACE, or E-mail: OPENFRONTIER@DELPHI.COM.
SpacePort, USA, The visitor's center to The Kennedy Space Center. Since I live in Titusville, Florida, these are just my neighbors. Other locals of interest include The Canaveral Council of Technical Societies.
Space Patches, Posters, Books, Software and other memorabilia.

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