Mike McCants' Satellite Tracking TLE ZIP Files

The classified elements zip file
This file is updated whenever I receive and process new observations.

The integrated tles elements zip file
This file is updated every day at 12 Noon and about 6 or 7 PM Central time. It contains some tles from the classified file that have been integrated to the present date using either the int2 or the int3 program.
Here is a discussion of the methods used for this integration.

Names and data for objects that would be in the "mccants" file: "mcnames.zip". This file is no longer being updated and has been removed.

The description of the fields after the name is given on this "mccdesc.html" page. This file has been removed.

The mcnames file has a different definition of standard magnitude compared to the quicksat.mag file. See this: "intrmagdef.htm"l description of the differences. This file has been removed.

Names for objects that would be in the "visual" file: "vsnames.zip". This file is no longer being updated and has been removed.