SATELLITE TRACKING USING NORAD TWO-LINE ELEMENT SET FORMAT

This paper presents the study of satellite tracking using the NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE) set format. In this research, the mathematical model for the determination of the osculating orbital elements of the selected satellite is presented and one computer program is developed for the satellite tracking using the application Matlab, a platform for solving engineering and scientific problems. The NORAD TLE represents the input data for the developed program, while the output data takes the form of a graphical representation of the satellite track around planet Earth.