Satellite Observing: Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

Mailing Lists

There are a few mailing lists that distribute current element sets, and one for the discussion of visual satellite tracking. There are also some dedicated to amateur radio satellites.

The AMSAT, the amateur satellite organization runs some mailing lists. You can get more information on the Web or by sending mail to listserv@amsat.org.
There is a list dedicated to the visual observation of satellites. This is SeeSat-L@lists.satellite.eu.org and it can be subscribed to by sending mail to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org with a subject of "subscribe". There is also a home page for this mailing list.
NASA distributes the SPACEWARN bulletin which lists launches.

Newsgroups

There is a newsgroup for discussing artificial satellite observation, sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe.

Some other relevant newsgroups:

rec.radio.amateur.space
sci.space.news
sci.astro
rec.radio.amateur.misc